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What
is left of Indian Creek School
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, 9-2004
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Indian Creeks (as water courses) abound in Texas.
There are 28 separate entries in the Handbook of Texas. Two towns are named
Indian Creek, this one received a post office in 1876, giving it slightly more
weight than the unincorporated Indian Creek near La
Grange in Fayette County.
A school was built in 1877 and although
the town had the basic business building blocks of a small town, it never really
developed and remained tiny.
Writer Katherine Anne Porter was
born in Indian Creek in 1890, and was buried in the Indian Creek Cemetery (two
miles north) beside her mother in 1980.
Known to the family as “Callie,”
Porter remembered her childhood in Indian Creek, although her Texas stories more
closely resemble Kyle, Texas, where she once stayed with relatives. Her girlhood
house in Kyle received
a historical marker in the year 2000.
Porter’s remembrance of citrus
trees on the family farm in Indian Creek questions her memory.
The Indian Creek school consolidated with the Brookesmith
ISD before 1950. |
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Indian
Creek Primary School 1915
"My father, Sidney Albert Drybread and his
brother, Ashley are located 3rd and 2nd from left of middle row." - Betty
Lou Drybread Moore, Katy, Texas, 6-1-07 |
Indian
Creek, Texas Forum
Indian Creek
Citrus Mystery (Perhaps) Solved
Dear TE, Thanks for the historical info on Indian Creek. I once
attended that school while living on a ranch between there and Brookesmith.
I was in the 3rd or 4th grade, I believe. The mention of citrus
trees brings to mind that we had several pomegranate bushes, as
did just everybody on the ranches / farms thereabout....so, it could
be truly said that there were citrus trees in that area.
I remember quite well walking about 2 miles to catch the school
bus as it was awful in the winter and dangerous in the summer because
of the rattlesnakes.....they gathered near the cow trails to catch
mice, etc.
I'm now 73 years young, but still remember those years vividly.-
Lloyd Henderson, December 18, 2006
Anyone wishing to share history or photos of Indian Creek, please
contact
us.
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