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History in
a Pecan Shell
Near the Bachelor Prong of Hords Creek, the railroad had built a large
steam-driven roller-type rock crusher for creating roadbed material.
A post office was open from 1912 to 1914, when the town had two stores.
The town reached its population peak about this time with 400 persons,
most of them employed moving, crushing and hauling away rock.
In 1916, three schools combined to comprise the Rock Crusher school
district.
In the 1920s and 1930s Coleman
county roads were supplied with gravel from the crusher.
During the Depression, the town was down to 150 inhabitants. The crusher
was removed and the large hole which was left became a small lake.
The town was deserted by the 1960s and the lake was filled with silt. |
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Rock Crusher,
Texas Forum
Subject: Rock Crusher,
Coleman Co.
Comment "missed chance of the ultimate team name"
There is a community on U.S. Hwy 90 west of San
Antonio in Uvalde
County named Knippa
whose high school teams are called the “Purple Rock Crushers”. - Jon
Young, AFP Vista Shipping, June 11, 2004 |
1920s Coleman
County map showing Rock Crusher
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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