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The largest reminder
that there was a town of Oak Forest
Photo courtesy Sarah
Reveley, February 2008 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Oak Forest reached
its high water mark (population-wise) about 1896 with 200 residents.
There was a blacksmith, a hotel and a general store as well as a piano
teacher and a doctor. The Handbook of Texas reports that they
"enjoyed daily mail delivery by 1914" and that "Thereafter its population
declined sharply." We have to wonder what was in those letters.
There has been no business conducted in Oak Forest since 1965 and
the scattered resident population adds up to about 25.
Nearby is the MA Wade Dam. |
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