Gustine Texas Pioneers Build Town From Humble Roots
A historical sketch recalls Gustine’s 1870s beginnings near Comanche Texas with settlers Odell Burke Coleman Weaver and the first business houses by Dr. D. M. Smith and Stephenson. It notes the town’s growth to 1000 population, arrival of the railroad, the first schools and churches, evolving farming methods, and the community’s pride in progress and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Blankenship
Ophelia Alsup
Henrys Harrison
Gustine
Odell
Odell Brothers
Baisiness
Burke
Coleman
Weaver
Mwain Street
Speed's Pasture
ID. M. Smith
Stephenson
Speed
Jim Bord
Eugene
Tom Butler
J. W
Will) Robinson
Pioneer
Exttle
First Baptist
Gustine Tribune
Cormanche County
Ville
Ceustinge
Fort Worth
Allen Produce Co and Gustine Growth Noted in City Cafe
The Allen Produce Company has operated in Gustine for six years with Mr. Allen a long-time Camapeche county resident. The City Cafe, run by Islam and Howell, is praised for a new, clean establishment and well cooked meats, aiming to satisfy customers and support local development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Gustine
Camapeche County
Islam and Howell
Koeth
Two Old Timers of Gustine Section Two
In Gustine two long time residents Uncle Aleck and J L Neel recall their family arriving in Comanche county in 1855 as the seventh family. They note progress and criticize modern religious conditions while praising pioneer faith. Different times require different methods, yet the church held sway with their forefathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustine
Aleck
J. L. Neel
Comanche County
Mercantile Co UDO Record Of Over 20 Years
Gustine Mercantile Company led by J W Robinson Palmer and others organized in 1904 after Palmer’s death. Current firm includes B F Laker I F McClelland and N K Palmer Jr. They support schools lodges churches and community and, with a $50,000 1919 sales high, plan to enlarge their large stock building.
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Gustine Mercantile Company
J. W. Robinson
Fe Palmer
Mer. Palmer
B. F. Laker
I. F. McClelland
N. KE. Palmer, Jr
Odell Store in Gustine Shows Steady Growth
Odell Ros. & Co. run a leading general merchandise store in Gustine. Since acquiring H. F. Ejims’s gent’s furnishings in 1910 and adding M. & O and 112 W. A. Key, the firm expanded to one of the town’s largest establishments. Last year sales reached about $30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell Ros. & Co
Gustine
FEDD
Odell
H. F. Ejims
W. A. Key
High Glass Drug Store Hun By Sadler & Co Gustine
I Sadler Co operate a beautiful drug store in Gustine with stock and equipment crediting a larger town. Mr and Mrs Sadler are registered pharmacists and fill prescriptions carefully. Sadler says his business has run under the same management for twenty five years and supports the schools and town development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Sadler & Co. Beave
Gustine
Sadler
Sunset Reverie By Mrs Franklin Of Comanche
A poem by Mrs. J. Franklin aged over eighty one from Comanche reflects on sunsets on the prairie and compares nature’s beauty to divine glory. It considers heaven beyond this life and praises the Lord, with musings on rest and eternal reward.
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Wichita
South
House of Higginbotham
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Comanche, Texas
Dows Powell
Hazel Dell Waco
la Charley Paine
Comanche
Union
Louis Brock
Dublin
Waco
Evergreen
Land
Lydia Honer
Texas
Post Office Brigade
High Glass Drug Store
HUN By, Sadler & CO
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