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Buildings
on First Street
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
History
in a Pecan shell
The townsite was originally known as Willow Pond Springs. Captain
Randolph Marcy's expedition passed this way in 1849 and a member of
the expedition wrote his brother about the place's potential. In 1879
the brother - named Thomas Tucker occupied the area renamed the place
Rice Springs.
The post office was established in 1885 and the community was renamed
after a soldier who died at Goliad
- Charles Ready Haskell. The county was organized that same year and
Thomas Tucker became the first judge.
The Haskell Free Press became the first newspaper in 1886.
In 1900 the Texas Central Railroad reached Stamford
and Haskell connected in 1906.
The town incorporated in 1907.
Just before World
War II - the Lawson oilfield was discovered six miles east.
Lake Stamford was built in the 1950s to provide water for municipal,
industrial and recreational use.
Haskell's population peaked in 1970 with 4,166 people.
Haskell County
Courthouse > |
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First
Street, the main street in Haskell.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
Old
1927 City Hall building on North 1st Street.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
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