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"My grandfather,
Ira W. Lee and my daddy, Willis N. Lee opened the store in 1912. It
was closed in 1969 after the death of Willis Lee.
The store building and property belongs to me. I was raised on the
property." - Allie Kuhlmann
Photo courtesy William
Beauchamp, June 2009 |
History
on a Pinhead
Once named Nebo, Texas after the local topogrphic feature called
Mount Nebo, the town came into being when several families built around
their Mount Zion church in the mid 1870s. When Wilhelm Rudolph Eckert
applied for a post office, he modestly requested the name Eckert,
Texas. His request was granted in 1903 and in just twenty-two years
the population skyrocketed to 100. By 1933 it was down to a mere 15
people, but still the town held its ground. By the mid 1960s Eckert
had a population of seven. |
Photographer's
Notes:
"The one pic I'm sending is of an old store that sits at the
intersection. It still had a little feed advertising on the north
side of it confirming it was a business. The other is of the Eckert
Cemetery just north of the intersection. I didn't see the little building
with horses. Maybe it was torn down." - William
Beauchamp, June 2009 |
Horses in Oxford
on Hwy 16 N of Eckert
TE photo, 2006 |
Eckert, Texas
Forum
Subject: Eckert,
Texas ghost town history
The white building is in Oxford, Texas, fifteen to twenty miles north
on Hwy 16.
The rock front "closed store" —
I am well acquainted with the rock front "closed store" in the article.
My grandfather, Ira W. Lee and my daddy, Willis N. Lee opened the
store in 1912. It was closed in 1969 after the death of Willis Lee.
The store building and property belongs to me. I was raised on the
property.
Also on the article of Willow
City, Texas, cotton gin explosion on September 2, 1924. One of
the men killed was my grandfather, Phillip Edgar Smith. Thank you.
- Allie Kuhlmann, Universal
City, TX, February 28, 2019
Subject: Ghost towns Eckert & Click, Texas
I just found your site and it is very cool. We have a saloon in what
used to be Eckert, Texas.
There is another ghost town near us called Click.
In the early part of the twentieth century it was the site of a dispute
over cotton (?) and 4 people were shot in the general store. The old
general store and post office are still there but abandoned.
If you are in the area please stop in and I will show you the [way]
to Click. Thanks for the great site.
- Robin Nichols, Willow City, Texas,
November 13, 2006 |
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Gillespie
County 1907 postal map showing Eckert
From Texas
state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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