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History in
a Pecan Shell
Named
to honor an early settler, Moses Sumner, the town had a post office
open in 1885. By 1891 the population was 100, and the town was well
on its way to prosperity. In 1892 the population was up to 150, and
by 1898 the town had a one-teacher school with sixty-three students.
In the late 1920s the population was 250 but without a railroad, and
with the Great Depression and post-war increased mobility, the people
moved away leaving 80 people by 1990. |
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