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The
piney woods in Chireno
Photo Courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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History in
a Pecan shell
The town was named for one of the original Spanish settlers - Jose
Antonio Chireno. Perhaps Chireno's most famous resident was dancer/
movie star Ann Miller who used to spend summers on her grandparent's
farm. |
A timeline
of significant historic events
1790: The Spanish
government granted land to settlers
1837: John Newton Fall, of Georgia (the first Anglo settler) bought
land from José Chirino.
That same year Samuel Flournoy, built a large two-story house that
served as the town's first post office.
1839: Chireno got it's first public school.
1846: the Flournoy house became a stagecoarch stop. |
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Downtown
Chireno
Photo Courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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The Civil
War:
The men of fighting age in Chireno left the area to serve defending
the Texas coast. Others operated a tannery supplying boots, saddles,
harnesses and reins for the Southern cause. |
Reconstruction
The Freedmen's Bureau opened an office nearby in Nacogdoches,
and black soldiers were sent to Chireno as election monitors. The
Ku Klux Klan organized locally to prevent black voting. Eventually
tensions eased. |
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Two
views of a closed church in Chireno
Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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1866: one of
the first oil wells in Texas. was drilled.
1912: the Angelina and Neches River Railroad came to Chireno from
Lufkin.
1990: The population of Chireno was 415.
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