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Erskine History
From Handbook of
Texas:
Erskine, on a site originally known as Kickapoo Springs, was
near Kickapoo Creek twenty-eight miles southwest of Paint
Rock in southwestern Concho
County. The settlement was established in 1883 and acquired a
post office the same year. In 1884 Erskine had a hotel, a general
store, and a population of seventy. Local employment centered on the
shipment of livestock and wool. Erskine apparently declined after
the post office was moved to the nearby community of Vigo in 1887.
Mary M.
Standifer, “Erskine, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed October
11, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/erskine-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association. |
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