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Shady
Grove Church four miles SE of Timpson
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, January 2006 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Founded with
the arrival of the Houston, East and West Texas Railway in 1885, the town was
named for P. B. Timpson, a railroad engineer.
Timpson opened its post
office that year and by 1890 the town had 1,200 people with two sawmills, a canning
factory and a weekly newspaper. |
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1925 Timpson had become a lignite shipping point. The town population swelled
during the 1920s to an estimated population of 2,500, but the boom was short lived
due to the onsetof the Great Depression. The town declined over the years, reaching
1,050 in 1968 - a figure that it has since become somewhat stable. |
The
closed Fox Theater in Timpson
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, January 2006 |
The
First Methodist Church in Timpson
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, January 2006 |
1908 Timpson Street
Scene
Courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
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? ... more
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Timpson Depot
Courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
Timpson
Texas ForumSubject:
The History of Timpson
I was wondering if [anyone] can help me. I understand there is a book, The History
of Timpson. Does anyone know who published it or how I could go about getting
a copy? There are pictures of my relatives in it and I own a very old handmade
quilt sewn by Mrs. Cozart who is also featured in the book.
My mother
was Helen Elizabeth Jennings who taught in the Timpson School system. It was a
time when the school was so short of funds they were unable to pay their employees.
I still have the chalk box she kept on her desk.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you very much.- Carolyn Carney, ccarney1@earthlink.net , Winnsboro, Texas,
August 15, 2006
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