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Texas Ghost
Town
SHANGHAI, TEXAS
Wharton County,
Texas Gulf Coast
On the west side of the Colorado River
about one mile from Wharton.
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Established in 1899
Located on a spur from the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway in
1899, Shanghai was planned to become an actual town like Pierce's
Station (later Pierce,
Texas). Abel H. "Shanghai" Pierce had contracted with the state
of Texas for convicts to clear the land for the proposed town. The
spur was built to bring in supplies and men. Although a cotton gin
was built and prisoner's quarters erected, Shanghai and another planned
town named Borden (after Pierce's nephew) never really got much beyond
the planning stage.
See
Pierce,
Texas
Ten
Things You Should Know about "Shanghai" Pierce.
© John Troesser
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