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History in
a Pecan Shell
Originally part
of the Diamond Tail Ranch, Estelline was named after the daughter
of a local resident (Estelle de Shields) and founded by the Wright
Brothers (Elam and Math) in 1892. With the arrival of the Fort Worth
and Denver City Railway Estelline became a shipping point for cattle
driven in from Paducah and Silverton.
A post office was opened that same year (1892) and within two years
the town had a school, two hotels and a cotton gin. An improved school
(two stories) was built in 1909 and the town incorporated three years
later when the population had reached 1,000.
In 1927 a branch of the railroad was built from Estelline to Plainview,
but with the onset of the Great Depression the population decreased
to about 600 by 1940 - the year that the city suffered fire damage.
The 1980 population was 258 which has since declined to 145 people. |
Estelline First
Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 |
Estelline City
Limits Population 168
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 |
Estelline City
Limits Population 194
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, July 2006 |
The road to Estelline
Photo
courtesy Ken
Rudine, July 2006 |
Prairie Dog Fork
of the Red River
Photo
courtesy Ken
Rudine, July 2006 |
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