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Site
of Bethany Centennial Marker text
TE photo, August 2009 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Once known by the name of Vernon, Bethany got
its current name with the opening of a post office in 1849. Vernon was a popular
stop with Southerners transmigrating into Texas.
The post office moved to Caddo Parish Louisiana for a short time before the Civil
War.
In 1889 one of the local store owners took advantage of his store/
tavern's position straddling the state line by restricting gambling and drinking
to separate halves of the same building.
In the 1920s, a gas field was
discovered which brought some prosperity to the region in the 30s, but like most
rural areas, the population declined after WWII.
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The
Texas marker in Bethany
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