Wagon Load of Women Celebrates Rail Road Arrival in 1909
A May 1909 celebration of the railroad’s coming featured a wagon load of women from Maverick. A $5 prize went to the person bringing the most women and children. The photo beside the bank building, courtesy of Mrs. Will Hearrell, identifies many attendees across two rows with notes on spouses and origins.
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Will
Hearrell
Maverick
Bank
Will Hearrell
Abilene
Lillie Slaughter
N. B. Beard
Austin
Vada Little
Abi
Railroads Sparked Bronte Fort Chadbourne Boom and Pride
Excitement swept Bronte and Fort Chadbourne as the railroad arrived, boosting land prices and business. The Panhandle and Gulf Railway later became the Kansas City Mexico and Orient line, under Santa Fe control since 1928, with trains through Bronte likely from 1909 and Fort Chadbourne via 1909 per local records.
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Bronte
Fort Chadbourne
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company of Texas
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Santa Fe
E. F. Maddux
H. O. Whitt
J. F. Haynes
Court House
Tennyson
Coke County
Maryneal
Silver
Cour
Bud Maxwell Sells for Conoco After 33 Years of Service
W H Bud Maxwell Jr longtime Conoco distributor in the area marks 33 years in the job since starting the agency in 1931. He received the Conoco Good Neighbor Award at a 1962 luncheon hosted by J A Martin district sales rep. Maxwell served on school board city council and other boards and is active in Masons Shrine. Don Edminston works for the business and Maxwell's family includes his Coke County pioneer parents and a son Bill in Dallas.
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Conoco
Conoco Good Neighbor
J. A. Martin
San
Polio Foundation
American Red Cross
Masonic Lodge
Don Edminston
Maxwell
W. H. Maxwell
Coke Pioneers
Concho County
Coke County
Ernestine Craft
Blackwell
J. S. Crafts
Robert Lee
Maxwells
Bill
Dallas
Sears, Roebuck Co
Lofland Takes Lead at Bronte Lumber Firm
L C Lofland arrived in Bronte in 1955 to take over as manager of the South Texas Lumber Co. He previously worked with the Blackwell yard, moved there in 1951 from Roscoe, and is a native of Mexia. The Blackwell yard is being closed as part of the transition.
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Bronte
O. H. Willoughby
South Texas Lumber Co
Blackwell
Ackwell
Roscoe
Mexia
South Texas
Lofland
Sims Family Runs Bronte Grocery Through Decades
Mr and Mrs T F Sims migrated from Bronte families to build a local grocery business starting in 1939 by buying a Red and White store from Ernest Ivey. after military service from 1942 to 1946 the couple returned to retail in Bronte and expanded, later moving to Main Street in 1950. their son Tommy Glenn enters Baylor University that fall.
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F. Sims
Ernest
Ivey
Bronte
T. C. Price Company
Sims
Armed Forces
Alldridge
J L. Keeney Jr
Dale Glenn
Banner Building
City Cafe
Holmes Brothers
Main Street
Pauline Glenn
Tommy Glenn
Baylor University
Emma Sims
T. F. Sims
Mattie Glenn
J. B. Glenn
Glenn
Lammers Buy Conoco Grocery and Station in Bronte
Mr and Mrs Vernon Lammers returned to Bronte from Houston and bought the Conoco Grocery and Station on Main Street in 1958. The business followed the long time operator H C Murtishaw Sr. Their family includes James and Wendell Lammers of Houston and Arlie Gale Lammers of San Jose California.
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Bronte
Houston
Conoco
Main Street
H. C. Murtishaw Sr
Lammers
Rawlings
Bronte Enterprise
South Texas
James L. and
Wendell Lammers
Arlie Gale Lammers
San Jose Calif
B D Snead Heads Amicable Life Venture Since 1942
B D Snead started an insurance company in 1942 with Amicable Life Insurance Co. He serves as vice president and cashier at First National Bank, a longtime employee. His wife is Virginia Thetford and they have four children: Hattie Jane Roberts, Wanda Belle Parker, Ben D Snead Jr., and Billy Doak, a Bronte High School freshman.
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B.D. Snead
Amicable Life Insurance Co
First National Bank
Virginia Thetford
Norman
Hattie Jane) Roberts
Jerry
Wanda Belle) Parker
Ben D. Snead Jr
San Angelo
Billy Doak
Bronte High School
McDonald Place Surrounds Fort Chadbourne Townsite
The McDonald family farm ten miles north of Bronte has surrounded the ghost town of Fort Chadbourne since 1898. W. C. McDonald bought it that year and built a two story house later. ownership then passed through Fred McDonald Sr. until 1954 and to W. D. McDonald in 1954. Mrs. Katherine McDonald, born Laura Doughty, joined the family after marrying Fred McDonald Sr. in 1899.
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Bronte
W. D
Pete) McDonald
McDonald
Fort Chadbourne
W. C. McDonald
Laura Doughty
Soddy
Tenn
Coke County
Fred McDonald Sr
Desemper
Former Col-Tex Becomes Fina Station in Bronte
The Fina Station in Bronte formerly Col-Tex opened in November 1960 with a formal opening on November 26, 1960. Free prizes drew attention as the new owner Billy Joe Luckett ran the business for about a year and a half.
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Fina
Col- Tex
Bronte
Billy Joe Luckett
Luckett
Busi
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L Will Hearrell
Hortense Clinger
Rena Hanley
Alice McCaulay
Pond
Odessa
Linnie Thompson
Ellen Critz
Critz
Mollie Slaughter
J.E. Young
Bernice Little
Renza Lee
Mattie Thompson
Kate Farris
Quinta Huffaker
Etta Belle Hearrell
Henry Todd
Leonora Seipp
J. E Fowler
Ballinger
Will. Hearrell
Driver
Dale Williams
O. R. O'Neal
Johnnie
Mixon
Josie. Glenn
Guittard
Waco
Eva Lilly
Norton
Maggie Lilly
Winnie Huffaker
W. R. Little
Clinton
Little Row
Tom Gibson
Olive Brookshire
Raila
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ‘Railway System
Chicago, Il
Panhandle and Gulf Railway Company
Cen
Charlotte Bronte
A. B. Nicholls
Sweetwater
Bud Maxwell
W. H
Bud) Maxwell, Jr
Angelo
Lofland Started
Home Lumber Co
Station Groc
Mr. and
Mrs
Vernon Lammers
B. D. Snead
McDonald Place
Old Town
Ft. Chadbourne
Col-Tex
Ness
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