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Approaching
Streeter from the north
Photo courtesy Will
Beauchamp, June 2011 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The first settlers were Irish (1855) and within a few years they were
joined by German immigrants. Settlement was first along Big and Little
creeks and Honey Creek and the town was first known as either Bluff
Creek Community or Honey Creek Community.
In September, 1890, a post office was established and the submitted
name was Streeter after early settler Samuel T, Streeter.
In 1870 a Baptist church formed and the town had a cotton gin and
a flour mill. There had been a school, earlier, on Honey Creek, but
Streeter didn't have a school of their own until 1900. Streeter was
quarantined for smallpox in 1903 and telephone service began in 1917.
The post office closed its doors in 1970. The population of Streeter
which had been reported as 100 people from 1925 dropped to only 60
by 1964. Streeter has since rebounded to about 100 people.
Photographer's Note:
Streeter Today
"Not much to see in Streeter these days. An old closed store
perhaps, a few old structures in the brush and a few scattered residences.
The only activity seen in the area was the irrigated hay farms, as
the area is in an extreme drought." - Will
Beauchamp,
June 27, 2011 |
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