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History in
a Pecan Shell
There isn't too
much to say about Adobes. If a picture is worth a thousand words,
then Travis
Peterson & Erik
Whetstone's photo essays here are probably the most ever said
about the town.
The five lines in the Handbook of Texas say that it came into
being in the 1870s as "farming community" - as unlikely as that seems
today. Sheep were raised as well as whatever crops they could coax
from the rocky soil. But the Rio Grande did provide abundant water
and in 1914 irrigation pumps allowed the residents to grow cotton.
By 1930 Adobes had 750 irrigated acres.
Reportedly still operating in the 1980s, Adobes today offers the visitor
a melancholy but memorable vision of what most people imagine a borderland
ghost town to be.
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The building
with roof partially intact
Photo courtesy Travis
Peterson, December 2018 |
View of Adobe
through a doorway
Photo courtesy Travis
Peterson, December 2018 |
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One
of Adobes (barely-marked) graves.
Photo
courtesy Erik
Whetstone, April 2005 |
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One
building has managed to retain it's roof.
Photo
courtesy Erik
Whetstone, April 2005 |
ADOBES, TEXAS
by d.knape
All there is now
adobe shacks
roofs caved in
so bats attract
Old rusted cars
one Cadillac
the desert reclaims
cactus comin' back
Adobes once
a cotton patch
but fields dried up
folks up and packed
Dreams left in ruins
I'm guessin' that
Adobes gone
ain't comin' back.
© d.knape
"Once Upon A Line" - Light
verse and poetry by d.knape › |
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"... We just purchased 35 acres along FM 170, on the river, of
what was once Adobes. Our plan is to slowly restore the land with
native plants and sustainable agriculture. It has become overgrown
with mesquite and invasive cane, choking out many other endemic plants.
The hope is to fund the project through personal funds, sweat equity,
donations, and by allowing camping and hiking on the property. Plenty
of people pass through Presidio coming and going from Big Bend, but
don't stop to learn anything about the area. We want to highlight
the history of Presidio and Alamos while offering a glimpse of what
the land may have looked like 150 years ago.
A large portion of the Adobes ranch land was recently purchased by
a man who is selling off smaller parcels. It's possible that this
ghost town may see it's first activity in 40 years..." - Stephen
Dempsey & Zara Parker, April 19, 2020 |
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Texas, asks that anyone wishing to share their local history, stories
and recent or vintage/historic photos, please contact
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