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History
in a Pecan Shell
Bobo was a stop on the Houston, East and West Texas Railway. Bobo
has no official date of birth, but sources say it was sometime around
1885. They were granted a post office in 1893 and it managed to stay
open until 1898. In 1896 Bobo had a general store and a population
of ten Boboans.
During the Great Depression Bobo had a church, a sawmill, and a store
to supply the sawyers. The rural-urban exodus after World
War II left Bobo with almost the same population as they had in
the 1890s.
Today a few houses and a church remain along with two signs that announce
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Bobo
historical marker
TE photo Oct 2001 |
Tenaha,
Timpson, Bobo, and Blair by Archie P. McDonald, PhD
Tenaha,
Timpson, Bobo, and Blair are communities in Shelby County whose names
were appropriated for a plea by crapshooters for good luck when seeking
to roll double fives. Similarly, dice throwers hoping for an "eight"
would sing out, "Eighter from Decatur, the County Seat of Wise." Later
the alliteration in the sing-song phrase "Tenaha, Timpson, Bobo, and
Blair" helped a folk song recorded by Tex Ritter popular.
How did the communities become involved with dice and popular music?
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