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History in a Pecan
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Home to the first school in Atascosa County (1860) the community
was first named Lucas after the nearby creek – both creek and community
used the surname of a settling family.
With the opening of a post office
in in 1891 (and the name Lucas already in use) a new name was required. Joseph
Peynagrosse, suggested the name after a river in his native France.
The
1914 population was given as 30 although the local school reported many more students.
The post office closed in 1914.
Verdi’s school merged with nearby Pleasanton
around 1950, which took away the communit’s identity. Today the population is
composed of dispersed households with no discernable town center. |
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