Texas Ghost Towns - my pictorials on Facebook

[derby378]

For those of you interested in the forgotten chapters of Texas history, I took a day to head out into the boonies and find a couple of ghost towns just a few miles south of the Red River.

Here's the photos on Facebook if anyone is interested:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21225&id=100000091683858

[Hannah Bell]

1. it sent me to a login page.

[derby378]

3. Waaah!

I had set the security level on that photo album to where everybody could view it. I guess Facebook still insists on viewers having an account.

Maybe I should also look into Flickr. Sorry about that!

[w8liftinglady]

2. that's really cool-reminds me of when I lived in West Texas

there were a lot of abandoned properties that were accessible from the road...we would go explore them,and sometimes find a rusty old relic...

[derby378]

5. I found something else out in that area, too...

...a single marijuana plant, just growing out in the wild all by its lonesome.

I won't say where I found it other than to say that when I answered Nature's call out there, that's when I ran into Mary Jane.

I just let the plant be. Didn't even take a picture. :)

[w8liftinglady]

10. lol..we would go to the "ruins" in high school

to imbibe....

[Junkie Brewster]

4. Very cool! Thank you for sharing!

:-)

[derby378]

6. Kick for the night shift (n/t)

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Horse with no Name]

8. Awesome!

Have you ever researched the lost town of Hagerman?
The history is fascinating.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/hvh3.html
HAGERMAN, TEXAS. Hagerman is on a spur off Farm Road 1417 eight miles northwest of Sherman in north central Grayson County. In the early 1870s settlers came to the community, which became a center for area farmers. It was originally called Steedman, in honor of county judge S. D. Steedman, and its post office, established in 1880, was called Steedman until 1909. When the tracks of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad reached the community in 1909, its name was changed to Hagerman, to honor railroad attorney James Hagerman. The community post office closed sometime after 1930. In the 1930s and 1940s Hagerman's population was reported as 150. Though most of the townsite was submerged under Lake Texoma in 1944, Hagerman is marked on the 1970 county highway map by a church, and, several miles away, a cemetery.
(on edit: the legend says that there are still tables set for dinner under the lake!)

And if you are REALLY into doing some research on Texas--one of the MOST interesting counties in Texas history is Red River County.
The history is fascinating (39 counties were carved out of it) and the demise of the area is even more so.

This is the renovated courthouse (I love these old courthouses--Ellis County has a beautiful one too!)
Red River County Courthouse

Ellis County Courthouse

Hopkins County Courthouse (also very beautiful)

[derby378]

9. Wow! Thanks for sharing!

I think I ran across the name "Hagerman" a while back, but I wasn't near enough to Sherman to investigate last week. I may have to do so in the near future. Thanks for the tip! :hi:

[Javaman]

11. Can't go to facebook here at work, but...

I will check them out at home.

On the I-20 going from el paso to dallas there is a ghost town located roughly near the town of Pecos.

I passed it some years ago and wanted to go check it out again in the future. it can be seen from the interstate. Wish I had more info for you.

[WolverineDG]

12. kick, because I saw this too late to rec

wow. are any of those properties for sale?

dg