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History in
a Pecan Shell
Marie, in west
central Runnels County
on a county road just south of Farm Road 384, was named for the wife
of Walter (Buck) Gentry, a local landowner, when a post office was
established there in 1906. Walter C. Bass was the storekeeper and
first postmaster. A gin was built in 1904 and operated until 1916.
A school started at Marie in 1901. A Woodman Hall was built above
the School. The building was also used by the churches. A Baptist
Church was organized in 1903 and later a Methodist church was started
when the Baptist dissolved in 1916. In 1916 a new two-teacher school
was built; it was moved to Bronte
in 1938. The post office was discontinued June 14, 1941. Around 1940
Marie had a population of twenty and one store.
The rock store building and several foundations are still standing.
In the last few years the store has been redone and is being lived
in. Also a new home has been built on the old townsite.
From "Eighteen
Ghost Towns of Runnels County" by Alton O'Neil Jr. |
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Runnels
County 1907 postal map showing Marie
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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