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History in
a Pecan Shell
Rochester came into being with the arrival of the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient Railroad in 1906. A. B. Carothers donated the rail right-of-way
and although the town was to be named in his honor - the name was
rejected by postal authorities and was named after Rochester, New
York.
The population was 400 by 1915 and the town incorporated seven years
later. It reached its high-water mark just before WWII
when 611 people called it home. The 1990 the population was 458 and
it appears on the 2010 census as 324. |
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Rochester Chronicles
Rochester
Teacher
by Mike Cox ("Texas Tales" Column)
"...When the Haskell County community of Marcy made the decision
in 1906 to relocate three miles to be on the right of way of the new
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad, A.B. Carothers donated the
land for the new tracks and 160 acres for the town site.
In appreciation, the railroad gave him first choice on what the new
town should be called. He thought Carothers, Texas had a nice ring
to it, but a check with postal authorities determined that name had
already been taken in Texas. Not being able to honor the Haskell County
land owner, the railroad opted to call the new town Rochester, after
Rochester, N.Y.
His altruistic spirit not dampened, Carothers paid for construction
of a one-room school house. Classes began in the fall with nine grades
and one teacher... more |
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