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A closed store in Pear Valley
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, Jan. 2006 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The town began
life early in the 20th Century as a loosely formed community under
the western-sounding name of Saddle Creek. In 1910 the town
applied for a post office under the more prosaic name of Pear Valley.
The population is recorded as being 45 from the 1930s through the
early 1960s when it suddenly dropped to a mere 20 in 1964. It has
since regained some of that loss and in 1990, it was given as 37.
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Cornerstone
of Pear Valley School
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, Jan. 2006 |
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"My
Dad drove a fuel truck during the late 1930's... We hauled fuel from
the refinery in Coleman to the farmers in the Pear Valley." -
Johnye
Slaughter |
Pear Valley,
Texas Forum
The store and
school was very interesting. I was raised in Pear Valley and my
Dad had a garage there after WWII.
I went to school there from 1941 thru 1948. Went to school in Lohn
the year of 1948-49 and we moved to Melvin where I went to high
school. Can tell you many stories of happenings around Pear Valley.
My mom ran the switchboard in Pear Valley some during the war. My
Moms folks had a farm 1/2 mile north of Pear Valley. His name was
Leon Browning. My Grandma would fry chicken for the visiting Baptist
preacher nearly every Sunday. Mr. White owned the store and he was
the finest man you would ever meet. My Dad drove a fuel truck during
the late 1930's. I have a picture of his old truck with him and
me standing beside it. We hauled fuel from the refinery in Coleman
to the farmers in the Pear Valley community. - Johnye Slaughter,
March 02, 2006
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