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History in
a Pecan Shell
Indian Creeks (as
water courses) abound in Texas. There are 28 separate entries in the
Handbook of Texas. Two towns are named Indian Creek, this one
received a post office in 1876, giving it slightly more weight than
the unincorporated Indian Creek near La
Grange in Fayette
County.
A school was built in 1877 and although the town had the basic business
building blocks of a small town, it never really developed and remained
tiny.
Writer Katherine
Anne Porter was born in Indian Creek in 1890, and was buried in
the Indian Creek Cemetery (two miles north) beside her mother in 1980.
Known to the family as “Callie,” Porter remembered her childhood in
Indian Creek, although her Texas stories more closely resemble Kyle,
Texas, where she once stayed with relatives. Her
girlhood house in Kyle received a historical marker in the year
2000.
Porter’s remembrance of citrus trees on the family farm in Indian
Creek questions her memory. (See forum
below)
The Indian Creek school consolidated with the Brookesmith
ISD before 1950. |
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What is left
of Indian Creek School
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2008 |
Another view
of the Indian Creek School
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2008 |
Indian Creek
Primary School 1915
"My father, Sidney Albert Drybread and his brother, Ashley are
located 3rd and 2nd from left of middle row."
- Betty Lou Drybread Moore, Katy, Texas, 6-1-07
Click on image to enlarge
See Texas
Schoolhouses |
Indian Creek,
Texas Forum
Subject:
Indian Creek School Picture
You have a school picture on your Indian Creek page in your magazine.
It may include my grandma, Margaret Merle Hooper, who is most likely
the girl in the upper left corner. I would love to contact whoever
has the original picture in case they have any additional information
about this picture. My grandma lived to be 96, and took me to an
Indian Creek reunion when I was a teenager. My family was from Los
Angeles, California but I now live in France. Thank you, Barbara
Fearing, France, June 22, 2008
Indian Creek
Citrus Mystery (Perhaps) Solved
Thanks for the historical info on Indian Creek. I once attended
that school while living on a ranch between there and Brookesmith.
I was in the 3rd or 4th grade, I believe. The mention of citrus
trees brings to mind that we had several pomegranate bushes, as
did just everybody on the ranches / farms thereabout....so, it could
be truly said that there were citrus trees in that area.
I remember quite well walking about 2 miles to catch the school
bus as it was awful in the winter and dangerous in the summer because
of the rattlesnakes.....they gathered near the cow trails to catch
mice, etc.
I'm now 73 years young, but still remember those years vividly.-
Lloyd Henderson, December 18, 2006
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