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History in
a Pecan Shell
The
community was granted a post office in 1893 with the postmaster submitting
the name - said to honor his friend, a conductor on the Fort Worth
and Denver City Railroad. The post office closed in 1902, reopened
the following year and closed for good later that year.
Postmaster Richerson moved near Hulver
and took the Gazelle post office with him. Since the post office operated
in Richerson's home, when a member of the family came down with smallpox,
people were afraid to collect their mail. Richerson fumigated the
postal boxes and equipment and sent them back to Washington, thereby
erasing the existence of Gazelle. |
Hall
County 1920s map showing Parnell
(SW of Memphis. Above
"A" in "H-A-L-L")
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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