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History in
a Pecan Shell
Settled in the
1870s and named after a geographic feature, East Mountain was known
as Savannah when a post office opened under that name in 1902.
It closed within three years and the name East Mountain became
official.
The town experienced an oil boom in the 1930s, and the town's school
and churches all had producing wells on their property.
The population in 1940 was an estimated 75 persons. The town is now
a bedroom community of Longview,
just across the line in Gregg
County. |
Parson McClelland
School Historical Marker
On FM 726 (about 3.3 miles E of US 271)
about 10 miles SE of Gilmer
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, July 2010 |
Historical
Marker:
Parson
McClelland School
Built about 1869
by the Rev. Wm. Henry McClelland, a Baptist minister and teacher.
He lived here and operated a private school, with day and boarding
pupils, until the 2-story frame building burned on Dec. 14, 1876.
Family lore records that on same night, his son Lee died in a fire,
step-daughter Nancy Skaggs wed R. M. Keasler, and his first grandson
Mack Florence was born.
McClelland (1831-1897) was born in Virginia; baptized 1,324 persons
in 40 years in the ministry. He married 4 times: To Jane Stanley,
Margaret E. Blain, Martha D. Skaggs, Leela Wilkinson. Had 16 children.
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