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The road to Fargo
TE photo, 2000 |
Fargo, Texas
Unlike Gertrude
Stein's Oakland, there is a there there in Fargo. I think someone
on your staff took (a wrong turn) to Doans,
thinking they'd go through Fargo on the way. No wonder they didn't
find Fargo. You can get to Doans
via Fargo, but the trick is to take FM 2916 straight to Doan's from
Highway 283 (the one connecting Vernon,
Texas with Altus, Oklahoma).
In Fargo, there's not only the Fargo Church of Christ (of which you
have a picture) but also a cotton gin. You can buy a soft drink from
the machine in the gin office. That's not exactly like having a store,
but it beats nothing. Fargo also has several houses in all directions
from the intersection that marks the center of "downtown." Fargo used
to have a post office, a blacksmith, a store with a soda fountain,
a place to get a hamburger or a griddle-cooked steak -- all at one
time or another from the earliest days of the settlement. Fargo Methodist
Church is one mile west and one mile north of Highway 283.
Across from the Methodist Church is Northside School, grades K-12.
Northside Independent School District was created from five area districts
back in the 1930s. The six-man football team won state in its division
in 2006.
The 125th celebration of the Doan's
Crossing May Picnic is coming up this year (2008). Interest in
Doan's seems to be growing,
especially since the Western Cattle Trail has been marked by little
obelisks all the way across Texas to Doan's.
I believe it's marked all the way to Dodge City, for that matter...
- Hanaba Munn Welch, Fargo, January 01, 2008 |
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Photographer's
Note:
The Fargo Methodist is right across the street from the Northside
ISD. The Fargo Church of Christ is at another intersection listed
as Fargo. - Barclay
Gibson |
Doan's
Crossing
Getting There
Although it isn't on the Official State Highway Map, historic Doan's
Crossing can be reached by going north on Hwy 283 and following
the signs from Fargo.
"You can get to Doans
via Fargo, but the trick is to take FM 2916 straight to Doan's from
Highway 283 (the one connecting Vernon,
Texas with Altus, Oklahoma)" - Hanaba Munn Welch, Fargo
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