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History in
a Pecan Shell
Green began under
the name of Pullin, Texas – built alongside the rails of the
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad at the turn of the 20th Century.
A post office was established in 1902 with outgoing mail leaving town
by way of the old mail-pouch/ hanging arm and ring method.
In the first few years, Pullin started to grow but by 1907 the post
office moved a mile north to Nichols Switch, a much older settlement.
Pullin’s businesses followed the post office.
The influx of people from Pullin threw Nichol’s Switch off guard and
the time was ripe for a new name. Enter William Green, regional entrepreneur
and partner of Green and Welhausen of Yoakum.
A prosperous merchant who built stores with permanence in mind, Green
has two noteworthy buildings still standing in Shiner,
Texas and Yoakum.
The renamed town of Green started to prosper and by 1914 the
population was around 100. But being a cotton-producing
region, the area was hit hard by the boll-weevil
and falling cotton prices. In the
mid-1920s the population had fallen to just 75 residents.
The post office closed during WWII
and although the population stayed the same (75) through the 1960s,
it fell by roughly half. The Green Baptist Church relocated to Pettus
in 1986 and the rest of Green is what you see pictured here. |
Green,
Texas Today
Photographer's
Note:
Located in Karnes Co. about 5 miles south of Kenedy
Texas. Was situated along the Railroad and what is now FM 2509.
Once a farming and ranching community it is mostly ranching country
now. Traveling the road you can see no evidence the town was there.
The last church in the community survived into the 1980's. -
Will
Beauchamp, April 02, 2009 |
Tile monogram
in Yoakum
TE photo, 2008 |
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