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The name:
Higgins Gap, named after a family of early settlers,
was Izoro's original name. In 1886 when a post office was applied for,
they submitted the name of a local woman, Izoro Gilliam. Our source*
says she "undoubtably was an extraordinary person" but it's also possible that
the postmaster was smitten.
Guns in Church: Local folklore tells
of a romantic tragedy which occurred in the early 1900s. Two young people met
and decided to marry despite their families' objections. One Sunday morning, things
came to an ugly head with both the girl's father and would-be husband dead from
gunplay. Several other family members of both sides were wounded.
* Little Towns of Texas, Jayroe Graphic Arts, Jacksonville,
Texas, 1981
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Taking Dead Aim in Izoro
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Taking
Dead Aim in Izoro by Clay Coppedge
If you keep in mind
that Izoro is more of a destination of the mind than an actual physical destination
you are likely to have a fine time getting there.
Izoro is on Farm Road
1690, about 18 miles northeast of the city of Lampasas,
five miles east of the Lampasas River and a little more than three miles from
Franklin Mountain, which rises 250 feet over Bear Branch and qualifies as a mountain
because of its general Grand Prairie setting.
Though about all that's
in Izoro now is an old gas station pulling duty as a post office, it's not hard
to see why people settled here. There's the mountain, the creeks running to the
Lampasas and a nice view of the surrounding land.
The pleasant setting
belies a bloody past. ... more |
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