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Entering
Indian Creek on FM586 near the south corner of Brown County.
Photo courtesy
Barclay
Gibson, March 2008 |
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. (See forum below)
The Indian Creek school consolidated with the Brookesmith
ISD before 1950. |
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What
is left of Indian Creek School
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2008 |
Another
view of the Indian Creek School
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2008 |
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
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Schoolhouses | Texas Towns |
Indian
Creek, Texas Forum Subject:
Indian Creek School Picture
Dear TE, You have a school picture on your
Indian Creek page in your magazine. It may include my grandma, Margaret Merle
Hooper, who is most likely the girl in the upper left corner. I would love to
contact whoever has the original picture in case they have any additional information
about this picture. My grandma lived to be 96, and took me to an Indian Creek
reunion when I was a teenager. My family was from Los Angeles, California but
I now live in France. Thank you, Barbara Fearing, France, June 22, 2008
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
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