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| History
in a Pecan Shell
Hanna Valley was named for the Hanna family. Jesse P. Hanna and his five
sons and their wives settled in the area in the mid 1850s. The Hannas built the
first house in the area despite the threat (and at least one attack) of Comanche
Indians.
After the Civil War, county vigilante committees that had formed
to fight cattle rustling became banditti themselves, causing the Texas Rangers
to enter the area and set things right.
Hanna Valley's first store appeared
in 1871 with the post office opening five years later. It was closed in 1882,
but reopened two years later. The population was fifty then and the town was notified
by postal authorities they needed to rename their post office since another community
was receiving mail under the name Hanna Valley.
Regency was chosen and
by 1895 the town had a population of 200.
Regency had only forty residents
from the 20s to the 40s and the post office closed for good sometime in the 30s.
The last store closed in 1971.
The
Regency Suspension Bridge - Regency's 1939 bridge is one of eight remaining
suspension bridges in Texas and has been used in commercials and as a backdrop
for television programs. more |
1907
Mills County Postal map showing Regency
(Under "M" in "MILLS"
near San Saba County Line)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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