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Hazel Dell Texas Pioneer Town and Mob Era Tales
An account of Hazel Dell in Comanche County Texas tracing its 1867 origin with Rev. Robinson and a sawmill, detailing early settlers, a rough saloon era, a deadly cemetery tale, school and church history, and notorious mob killings including the Fraley hangings, the Mackey incident, and local characters like Egad Long and Dr. Applewhite.
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Hazel Dell
Choctaw
Bill) Robinson
Comanche County
Dell
Texas
Lewis Ledbetter
Robinson
Mills Branch
Robinson’s Mill
Haggard
Conaway
Little
Stone
Long
Mackey
Reed
Stephens
Jeffries
McFall
Daniels
Perdue
Carter
Hartson
Burton
Gillman
Broughton
Wall
Applewhite
Ellis
Thomas
Roch
Hogue
Maddox
Rowe
Butler
Lum
D. J. McIntoch
W. F. Byron
Robert F. Bill
M. C. Jones
Mae Shockley
C. A. Gamel
Flat Rock Methodist
Bob McCampbell
Gustine
Proctor
Lamkin
East Texas
Mr. Daniels
Gatesville
Comanche
Land of
Canaan
Mr. Long
America
Mr. Hartson
FM Road
Hazel Dell Cemetery
J. H. McQuary
Knox
Reck
Old Reck