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History in
a Pecan Shell
In 1900, Steve
Stevens, a conductor on the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf railroad
was honored by having the town named after him.
The town developed slowly and prior to the first school being built
in 1910, students were taught in the railroad section house. George
Brady was the school’s benefactor.
A general store was soon built, and a grain elevator was constructed
in 1920. It took another nine years before a post office was granted.
The Stevens school merged with Stratford
schools in 1940.
The population was estimated at a mere 40 residents throughout the
1940s. The improvements on highway 54 were instrumental in depopulating
the town and in 1943 the post office was closed.
The combination store and gas station closed a short time later, making
Stevens a ghost town – with only the grain elevator to mark the site.
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Stevens, Texas
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Subject: Stevens,
Texas
Here is a short history that my father told me before he died. I have
no way of telling how accurate the information is as every one involved
were deceased.
My father and mother was attempting to make a farm in the panhandle
of Oklahoma when the the dust bowl manifested itself. They and a neighbor
and friends found work in Stevens, Texas with the railroad. They were
employed to fatten cattle for the railroad workers, on the out skirts
of Stevens. They converted empty box cars to homes nearby the stockyards.
That is where I was born in January 1931. My parents friend, and wife
of the other couple acted as mid wife. Some time thereafter we then
moved to the area where my fathers parents were living near Kremlin,
Oklahoma.
I am now 90 years old and live in New York City. I have pursued a
life in the fine arts since I graduated from high school. Warmest
Wishes. - Duane Zaloudek, March 20, 2021 |
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