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History in
a Pecan Shell
Windom was originally
settled about 1870 - two years before the arrival of the Texas and
Pacific Railroad. Without a suitable population, the community was
designated a flag stop. The community built a school, churches and
was granted a post office by the mid 1880s.
By 1900 the population had reached 312, growing (slowly) to reach
389 by the mid 1920s when highway 82 was paved. The Great Depression
decreased the population to 317 in the mid 1930s.
It dropped to 290 by the end of WWII
and is on the 2000 state map as 245. |
Water tower and
grain elevator in Windom
TE photo |
Historical Marker:
from Windom take FM 1743 south 2.8 miles
The Sam Rayburn
Homesite
Samuel Taliaferro
Rayburn (1882-1961), son of William Marion and Martha (Waller) Rayburn,
was born in Tennessee; moved to Texas, 1887. Educated at East Texas
State University and the University of Texas Law School, became lawmaker:
Texas House of Representatives, 1906-13 (House Speaker, 1911-13),
United States Congress, 1913-61. World famous as Speaker, United States
House of Representatives, 17 years, in terms of Presidents F. D. Roosevelt,
Harry S Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, J. F. Kennedy. His homesite (1887-1912)
was half a mile south of this marker.
Incise on base:
Marker Sponsors: Jack Kreck, Robert West, John Barrett, Fannin National
Bank. |
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