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Abandoned stone
building ruins
Photo
courtesy Dustin
Martin, March 2017 |
History on
a Pecan Shell
First settled by
area cattlemen in the 1860s and 1870s, the town was granted a post
office in 1880. According to the Handbook of Texas Online, the post
office was "named by the post office department." This was not an
unusual occurrence - seeing that postal officials often disregarded
or rejected applications when they conflicted with similarly spelled
towns. What is unusual is the simple statement that it was named by
Washington.
The town seemed to reach it's high-water mark with 50 residents in
1910. By 1920 a decline was already taking place and there were only
18 Eolians left. The post office (whoever named it) was closed by
the end of the Great Depression, but Eolians had a store to buy groceries,
a school to teach their children and a church. Eolian made a comeback
in the 1960s when they matched their 1910 population, but by 1980
it was down to nine - the figure still in use for 2000. |
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Eolian Community
Church with bell
Photo
courtesy Dustin
Martin, March 2017 |
A Visit to
Eolian,Texas
Photographer's
Note
Remote towns, just dots on the map, such as Gunsight
and Eolian often yield the most interesting subjects. - Barclay
Gibson |
Deserted house
with cistern
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2007 |
Abandoned Eolian
stone building ten years later
Photo
courtesy Dustin
Martin, March 2017 |
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