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History in
a Pecan Shell
From "Eighteen
Ghost Towns of Runnels County" by Alton O'Neil Jr.:
"Truitt was located ten miles east of Winters
off Highway 1770. The town was named for the baby son of one the merchants,
Truitt Billups. A post office was acquired March 21, 1904, with the
appointment of John L. Golden. John Golden’s store was on the east
side of the one street running north and south, and the Billups General
Mercantile was on the west. The mail was delivered from Winters
by John Brown the son of the justice of the peace. The post office
was closed in 1912. Doctors Ash and Pool had their offices in the
Branham drugstore. A Dr. Watson came in 1909 but moved to Crews
two years later. A telephone system was installed in 1904, with the
office in the Billups store. There was also a hardware store and blacksmith
shop on the east side of the street.
Arthur Nichols started a gin and store in 1906. School was in a one
room building, but with two teachers. It was consolidated with the
Meadows School in 1915. Elmer Burke the Baptist minister held services
at the schoolhouse. At one time there were eleven dwellings in Truitt.
When the railroad was laid through Winters
instead of Truitt, the town was doomed. All the buildings were moved
away the next few years and there is nothing to show where Truitt
was located except the cemetery. " |
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1907 postal map
showing Truitt in NE Runnels
County
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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