Thurber
History in a Pecan Shell Only Indianola's story comes close to equaling the Thurber saga. Once the largest city between Fort Worth and El Paso, Thurber became a ghost due to corporate decisions and not the forces of nat... texasescapes.com
Mingus
History on a Pinhead Named for settler William Mingus, who arrived in the 1850s, the town was born with the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railroad in 1881. Mingus has remained quiet with no disasters or noteworthy ev... texasescapes.com
Thurber
Thurber is a three industry ghost town located along I-20, about an hour west of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It was one of the towns I visited in July 2010. Much remains to be seen of this town that boomed ... history.rootsweb
Bullock
Bullock Today "The old school and cemetery are located on the southeast corner of FM 717 and CR 117. The church/school house is located on the Eastland County and Stephens County lines. The building literally sits on th... texasescapes.com
Desdemona
"even from my boyish days wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, of hair-breadth escapes in the imminent deadly breach.." Othello - The Wooing of Desdemona History in a Pecan... texasescapes.com
La Casa
History in a Pecan Shell James C. Bargsley is credited as being the first resident. Bargsley had built a cabin here in 1880. E. T. Bradford open a store sometime before 1890 the year a post office was opened inside the ... texasescapes.com
Desdemona
We visited this fascinating little class D oil boom town on our July 2010 ghost town tour of West Texas. It is located at the junction of SH 16/FM 8, about a half mile northwest of where Erath, Comanche and Eastland... history.rootsweb
Lingleville
At first glance, this little class D semi-ghost looks more like a gap-toothed road town, rather than a near ghost. It sits at the junction of FM 8/219 about 11 miles east of Desdemona. It has a current populatio... history.rootsweb
Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Artesian springs helped draw settlers to Eastern Erath County and the community of Bluff Springs (later Bluff Dale). In 1872, Rev. James Wesley and Martha (Middleton) White donated seven acres of land for a church, school and c... hmdb.org