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LITTLE
RIVER ACADEMY, TEXAS
Bell County, Central Texas N
Hwy 95 and FM 436
8 miles S of Temple
66 miles N of Austin via I-35
Population: 1,645(2000) 1,390(1990)
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One of Little River's early buildings put to good use today
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| History
in a Pecan Shell Little
River goes way back to 1836 when a fort was constructed on the Little
River for protection against Comanches. Two fights with Comanches occurred in
1837. Texas forces abandoned the structure when Texas joined the Union but it
was used on occasion by Rangers when they were passing through the area. A
man named Moses Griffin was a caretaker of sorts and his name was sometimes
used in connection to the fort. This "Fort Griffin" had nothing to do with
the Fort Griffin near Albany, Texas way up
in Shackelford County. Moses ended up dismantling the fort and used the timber
on his farm.
The
railroad came through in the 1880s and the population swelled to 25 people in
1890.
There were two other communities nearby - Sparks and Academy.
In 1925 the 3 schools consolidated into the Academy Independent School District.
Little River, Texas merged with Academy, Texas in 1980, which
gives the community its present name.
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Academy watertower
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