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SHEP,
TEXASTexas
Ghost Town
SW Taylor County, Panhandle / Central Texas N
FM 89
Not
shown on TxDoT Taylor County Map
SW of Buffalo
Gap
NW of Tuscola
15 Miles NW of Winters
Population: 80 (1990)Area
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| Photo
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History in a Pecan
Shell
Settlement began in the 1870s and was named after early settler
Andrew Martin Sheppard who was a storeowner and the community's first postmaster.
The Shep post office opened and 1903 and closed its doors 20 years later.
The
Shep Methodist Church was founded about 1881 and the church's 1914 building still
stands. The Shep Baptist Church was organized about 1895, and the Church of Christ
in 1911.
The town once had three physicians. Earlier figures are not available
but in 1985 the population was a mere 60 people. The community was struck by a
tornado in late April 1985, which caused extensive damage and took the life of
one resident. |
Baptist
Church in Shep Tx
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007 |
Baptist
Church interior
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007 |
Shep
Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007 |
| Photo
courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007 |
Shep,
Texas Forum
Subject:
Shep,Texas
Drive-up
Wedding 1906
Thanks
for recording the brief history of Shep, Texas. My brother and I made a visit
to the site recently to see the place where our grandparents were married in 1906.
Francis E. Vest and Fannie L. Gilbert were married sitting in a buggy while the
preacher stood on the front porch. Sorry we do not have pictures. Our mother Opal
Vest was born a year later in 1907. We had a nice visit with a lady who lives
across the street from the Church Of Christ. There is also a community building
in Shep. We would like to hear from any Vest Family descendants or someone who
knows more about Shep and Blackwell. Thanks again. - Jim D. Northcutt & Doyle
Bowman, Jdmnorth@aol.com, June 24, 2007 | |
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