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Downtown Rising
Star
Photo courtesy historictexas.net, 6-04 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Rising Star began
with the arrival of six families from Gregg
County who settled here in 1876 .The settlement was originally
called Copperas Creek but had a name change when D. D. McConnell
of Eastland suggested
the new name. In 1880, after the old post office had been closed,
a man named Tom Anderson opened a post office/ store in his home.
By 1889 Rising Star had five businesses and in 1904 it had a bank,
hotel, school, two newspapers, and dry goods and drug stores.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad arrived in 1911 when they
connected through Cross
Plains. The first oil found in Eastland
County was near Rising Star in 1909, but the town was spared the
boom that Ranger and Breckenridge
saw. In 1920 a major discovery was made but city officials went to
great lengths to insure order by passing strict regulations. Workers
ignored the town and built a camp five miles west. A year later the
boom was over and the new town melted away. |
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Rising
Star City Market. A
WPA project?
Photo Courtesy Barclay
Gibson, April 2013 |
Methodist Church
in Rising Star
Photo
courtesy historictexas.net, 6-04
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Rising Star City
Limit sign
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courtesy historictexas.net, 6-04 |
Rising
Star, Texas Forum
Subject: Rising
Star, Texas
My grandmother had the 1st. set of twins born there. I think in Eastland
County, but not sure. One was named after Truman Higginbotham
White and the other was named after the other owner. Truman H. White
and his brother who died at 18mo. Marshall and Mary White, parents.
Grand-daddy White had a wood leg he had made after he got it caught
in a peanut thrasher. The Store brought 2 sets of cribs, highchairs,
and chester-drawers that were made of beautiful wood. One set for
each boy. It was a gift. My parents farmed, then moved to oil field
work, then back to "Star ", Cleo "Shook" and Howard White. Bet if
you ask the old people they can really give you stories about Daddy.
I am also 1st cousin to the Longs. Aunt Rene " Rieghly Long's wife,"
and Aunt Claudia May "Bill Gardner's Wife" were Mom's sisters. Aunt
Sue Gardner as ya'll called her. You may not even want to know any
of that. But Thanks anyway, Patsy Nixon, January 07, 2006 |
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