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History in
a Pecan Shell
In 1905 the
community had a post office operating under the name of Bruce
(after the surname of the postmaster Chas. G. Bruce).
It was around this time that the Harrell-Votaw Lumber Company built
a sawmill here. The mill was sold the following year (1906) to the
R. W. Wier Lumber Company. It was this company that requested the
change of name to something more geographical (Texla is an amalgam
of letters from Texas and Louisiana).
Several other mills had operations here between 1910 and 1929. The
community peaked with about 600 people when the air was filled with
sawdust. But the depletion of the forest seemed to come as a surprise
and one by one the plants closed or moved operations.
Peavy-Moore sold the last of its buildings in 1929 just as the Great
Depression was gaining momentum. The post office read the writing
on the wall and closed its doors as well.
No population figures are available after that and today it’s a
dispersed community.
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Orange
County 1907 Postal Map showing Texla
Near Orange /
Jasper county
line
NW of Orange the county seat
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office
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