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History in
a Pecan Shell
Sometime shortly
after 1900, a town grew up around the schoolhouse. The origin of the
school’s name has been lost to history, but it had to have been a
colorful story.
During the Great Depression the town had the church, school, cemetery,
and a few houses.
The school merged with the Kerens
school but the church and cemetery remain.
The Long Prairie cemetery is the one closest to the former town –
shown on the detailed TxDoT Navarro County map. |
Navarro
County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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