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Downtown
Peacock
Photo courtesy Jack Williams, Nov. 2002 |
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A timeline
of significant events in Peacock's history
1909: Peacock
was originally called Alluvia when it was a stop on the Stamford
and Northwestern Railway.
1910: The name was changed when J. W. Peacock, postmaster,
moved his store to Alluvia.
The population at that time was 100.
1914: A tornado wrecked the town, but growth continued
1920: The population was 350 people.
1940: the town was reduced to 216 residents
1964: The Peacock school closed.
1980: The population was 125. |
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Peacock
community center
Photo courtesy Jack Williams, Nov. 2002 |
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Another
downtown view of Peacock
Photo courtesy Jack Williams, Nov. 2002 |
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Peacock
Texas Forum
Subject:
Peacock Naming
I have often wondered if Peacock, Texas was named for my family.
As a child my family would frequently visit Throckmorton and (I
believe) Peacock. My father's side of the family all lived in that
general area. My maiden name is Peacock and my father was Kenneth
Don Peacock. His father was Braxton Bragg Peacock. I understand
there is a reunion planned for the high school there on July 13th
thru the 15th, 2007. I hope that someone has information as to the
town and its naming. - Jamie Peacock Lambert, July 05, 2007
WW2 Paratrooper
from Peacock, Texas
I am an English
tour guide who takes people to visit WW2 battlefields in Normandy.
I now live permanently in Normandy and I am trying to research the
story of a WW2 paratrooper from Peacock, Texas who died in the house
where I now live on June 8th 1944. His name was Ray C. Kennedy and
originally came from Peacock in Texas. I know from your online article
that this is a very small town and I am currently trying to research
Mr. Kennedy's story in order to hopefully, one day, publish it.
I know Ray Kennedy was born in 1917 and his parents (Surilla and
Mr. C. E. Kennedy) lived in Peacock at the time of his death. Is
there any resource you can think of in order to further my research
and to possibly, maybe, trace any family he may have in Texas today?
Many thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.
Kind regards Stuart Robertson Normandy, France, July 12, 2006
stuartmrobertson@yahoo.co.uk
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Photo -
Peacock, Texas ca 1916
This is in
response to Frances Gandy-Walsh's (July 01, 2005) request for information
about photo - Peacock, Texas ca 1916.
My husband, Carl Emmitt McMahon, was born and raised in Stonewall
County. He and his family lived on a farm about 12 southwest of
Peacock. The farm was just to the north of the Double Mountains.
Carl is Delores Miles older brother. She wrote the story Memories
of Uncle Bob and a Wooden Box.
Carl remembers the train depot. He said it was on the south side
of the railroad track and on the north side of the road that went
to the schoolhouse. The road going to the school house crossed the
railroad track just east of the building. The building faced the
north so the east end behind the gate was where the passengers waited
and the west end was for the freight storage. In the photo, the
west end would be behind the children on the fence.
Carl said he was probably about 5 years old the first time he rode
the train. This would be in 1942. He was going to Jayton
to see his Grandpa McMahon. He went with his older sister, Bennie
Faun. It was 12 miles to Jayton on the train.
Carl said there was a tornado that almost blew the town away in
1914 and maybe that is why he doesn't remember the fence. It was
probably damaged and they just tore it down. When he was small the
station manager was Ed Franks. He had a son, Charles Ray, about
Carl's age and he and Carl would go down there and play. Carl said
Charles Ray's dad gave them each a penny to put on the railroad
track before the train came in. He thought that was pretty neat.
The cotton gin was west of the station. There was a side track that
they would put the cars on to load the cotton. Across the tracks
from the cotton gin was the stock yards where they would pen the
cattle to ship out. Carl doesn't remember seeing them load any cattle
but they played in the pens. He does remember them loading the cotton
bales on the box cars. He remembers that one time the bales caught
on fire in one of the boxcars. The men in town came to fight the
fire and pulled out all the bales that were smoldering and loaded
them onto a trailer. They carried them down and put them in the
windmill water tank to put the fires out. - Jean McMahon, May
21, 2006
My great grandfather,
Lewis Marshall Delano (1874 Indiana, d. 1943 Ca.), worked for the
Railroad in Peacock.....He was married to Stella Catherine Phillips
(1881 Ala - 1941 Ca.).....They had Clara, Edward, Mae Etta, Lewis
Harley (he was born 18 Jun 1912, in Peacock, Stonewall, TX.)...and
last son Forrest who was born 1918 in Jack Co. Texas.
I can pinpoint the timeline of this photo..........as a photo post
card, addressed to L. M. Delano, Peacock TX... in this post card
is a cousin, George Wright, a baby, who at that time was about one
year old., George was b. 1915 Knox Co. Tx.......
If you look close you will see the railroad tracks, this might have
been station house.....I think Lewis Delano was a Section Forman,
or what might be called a Station Master.
Don't know if any one can identify where in Peacock this photo was
taken. I would like to know if it still exists.
Thanks for all your efforts to gather up information on towns of
Texas. - Frances Gandy-Walsh, July 01, 2005
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Your pictures
and stories of Peacock are most interesting. I was born in 1941
to Aubrey and Lanie McMahon. Both are now deceased. My Mom passed
away in October of last year. She was 102. She would of been able
to identify the building in the picture. I was not raised in Peacock
but on a farm at the foot of the Double Mountains. I graduated from
Peacock High School in 1959. It is always nice to go the Peacock
Reunion and visit with both the old and young people that grew up
calling Peacock home. Hopefully I'll see you there sometime. Wish
I could help with the picture.
I have a story I wrote about a visit to Peacock when I was very
young. I will send it you might enjoy it and pick up on the spirit
of the time. - Delores Miles, April 18, 2006
Delores Miles' Story:
Memories
of Uncle Bob and a Wooden Box 5-6-06
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PEACOCK REUNION
The 2008 Peacock
Reunion will be held on July 11th, 12th and 13th.
For more information call -
Jean Collom Bachman @ 806- 331-4135 or write her @ 6620 Estacado
Lane, Amarillo, Texas 79109 or
Bill Blanton @ 806-254-2922 or write him @ P.O. Box 835, Aspermont,
Texas 79052
Every other year two classes have their class reunion. There are
a number of RV hook-ups with water to them for $10.00 a night.
The last 2
years they have held a Bluegrass Music Pickin' & Grinnin' on the
first week-end in May at the Peacock Reunion Pavilion. In 2007 it
will be May 3-7. This is non-amplified music. There are 15 - (30amp)
electric/water hook-ups and a dump station for RVers. The cost this
year was $10.00 a night but because of the utility rate increase
it may have to go up a bit. Though this year musicians started coming
in on the Sunday before and others came in all during the week.
It is not a formal festival, just everyone sitting around playing
and singing, jam session style. Bands that have their band members
there can play about a 20-30 minute session if they want to. But
mostly it is just come sit and play. There is no restaurant in Peacock,
so it is furnish your own meals or drive to Aspermont or Jayton
to eat. We have 1 big potluck supper on Saturday but may change
it to Friday. For more info contact: Carl McMahon -325-947-8549
(home)
There is a new antique/gift shop in Peacock. The Shop in Peacock,
Texas is the name of it. It is across the street and in the photo
listed as Another downtown view of Peacock. It is the white building
on the left. - Thanks, Jean McMahon, May 21, 2006
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Subject:
Peacock Texas
My mom and her family grew up in Peacock as children. Of course
my Mom is 70 and I am 51.
As a child we use to travel from Beaumont Texas to Peacock for vacation
and it always amazed me that we lived in a big city and there always
seem to be more to do in Peacock.
My Aunt and her husband go to the reunion every year there. The
last time she was there she bought a book about the history of Peacock.
I would like to know if you know where I would be able to get that
book.
My mom always said that Peacock was a "Black and White town" meaning
because it is so old. Thank you - Debbie Brown, Beaumont, Texas,
June 29, 2005
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