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History in
a Pecan Shell
No
explanation is available for the unusual name. Dr. J.T. O’Barr planned
this would-be utopian community around 1907. The town was platted
and streets graded. Five two-story buildings were placed along streets
named after the doctor’s patients.
A post office was granted and Dr. O’Barr offered lots for sale on
enticing terms. He went so far as to pre-plant a cotton crop for potential
buyers.
A storm blew in and damaged many of the buildings. The school was
hit hardest and not rebuilt. Sales had not been brisk and the community
struggled to hang on. Disheartened pioneers moved on. The cotton gin,
an important cog in the community economy, closed because of regional
competition. The closing of the post office in 1918 was the final
nail in Konohasset’s coffin. Dr. O’Barr returned people’s down payments
and let the land revert to grasslands. |
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Glasscock
County 1920s Map showing Konohassett & North Concho River
(Near Sterling County
line)
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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