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History on
a Pinhead
Settler Thomas DeWees is the town's namesake.
The town dates from 1870 and had a post office from 1906 to 1911.
The town spend a quiet history with no disasters to report. Dewees
had a school and a simple store in the 1930s and a few businesses
managed to stay open through the 70s. The Dewees cemetery still remains
and is marked on detailed county maps. |
Dewees, Texas
Family & Farm
Summer of 1952
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Wenzel
Hassler and children Alfred, Barbara and Werner
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
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courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
| Photo
courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
Alfred
Hassler on the tractor
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
At
work
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
At
work
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
"My father Wenzel Hassler pitching hay."
- Barbara Hassler Schramek |
"My brother
Alfred Hassler in the crop duster."
- Barbara Hassler Schramek |
Hassler
children Alfred, Barbara and Werner
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
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courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
Alfred
and Helen Schneider with Alfred, Barbara and Werner Hassler by the
family car
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
| Photo
courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek |
| "The house
we lived in was replaced by the log cabin house that is there today.
That is the one Helen Schneider lived in for several years."
- Barbara Hassler Schramek |
Two little girls
sitting on bales of cotton at the gin
Photo
circa 1930s courtesy Lois Zook Wauson |
At
Schneider’s Store you can go home again
by Lois Zook Wauson
Something keeps drawing me back to Schneider’s Store, the little filling
station on FM 541 at Dewees in the southwest part of Wilson County.
It has been there for over 80 years.... more
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