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History in
a Pecan Shell
"When a post office
was established [in present Ecleto] in 1852, the town was then known
as Cleto and was in Bexar county. In 1854, following the formation
of Karnes County,
the Post Office Department designated the office as Ecleto. In 1921,
Walter G. Riedel, nephew of Carl Edward Riedel (the man that Gillett,
Texas had originally been named after) and others built a cooperative
store and cotton gin here to serve the surrounding farm community.
The post office was moved and opened in the store at that time. Although
the store closed in 1971, the post office continued until June 30,
1987, when it was converted into a neighborhood delivery and collection-box
unit."
It is also believed that there was a gin prior to 1921 - but the fact
that the 1921 gin was cooperative makes it noteworthy. |
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The
former Store at Ecleto
TE photo |
July 2001, Contributed
by Alton Newman
Our thanks to Mr. Newman for contributing corrections to the local
history of Ecleto and Gillett. There's no question that local facts
are by far the most valuable. - Editor |
Ecleto, Texas
Forum
Subject:
Memeory of Ecleto
Thank you for what you are doing.. Although I now live in Raleigh,
North Carolina, I lived in Ecleto, Texas for 18 years. I [still]
have family in Texas and visit at least once a year. I have family
members buried in the Gillette cemetery. So we go by the cemetery
and then go to Ecleto. My cousin Louis Canales told me he had seen
a picture of the store on the internet. It brought back a lot of
memories. I went to school for one year in Ecleto and then all of
us were transfered to Gillete school... I will be so appreciative
if anyone sends me a picture of the school in Ecleto. My e-mail
address: mgreene005@nc.rr.com
There was a gin in Ecleto and there was a fire in the gin... Other
families in the area were Molinas, Morenos, Guzmans, Martinez and
Ozunas. - Mary Canales Greene, Raleigh, North Carolina, December
28, 2006
Subject:
Ecleto History
I would like to add some history to the town of Ecleto. My father,
a Mexican-American, was born there in a little shack. My grandfather
was a cotton sharecropper for a German immigrant. They moved away
in the 1940's when my father returned from the war. My uncle told
me that there is a large tree located next to the store to which
lawbreakers were chained awaiting the arrival of the sheriff from
a neighboring city. - Rosalinda Regalado, July 16, 2005
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1940s map showing
Ecleto in NE Karnes
County, and Ecleto Creek
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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