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History in a Pecan
Shell
The town was founded by settler Rich Coffey in 1861. Coffey's
ran a saloon and store / post office on the banks of the Colorado River, but his
enterprise was lost in a flood. A new community was formed on the opposite side
of the river and named Trigger. In the mid-1870s, the townsite was on land belonging
to rancher William H. Day. Day used the Coffey house for headquarters for his
ranch. After Day's death, his wife Mabel married J. C. Lea and the town name was
formed from the two surnames. Platted in 1904, no population figures are available
from the early years, but after WWII
it still had 100 people living there. The Leadey cemetery is still shown on the
TxDoT Coleman County map.
Leaday was suggested for inclusion by Coleman
Countian Rex Stephenson who wrote in March of 2007 to say: "[Leaday] was a small
town displaced by Lake Ivie in the early 90's. The only thing left is the Baptist
Church which was moved to a hill overlooking the original town site. I grew up
there. By the way, some of us refer to the lake as Lake Leaday."
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