Fairview’s Doctor Lineage and 1890s Growth Revealed
Roy L. Swift’s 1988-89 history notes Fairview served by four doctors between 1890 and WWI, two pairs of brothers. The Beakleys first full-time physicians, followed by Petrie and Irwin, with a small drug store opposite the crossroads. Fairview once boasted up to six stores as it grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Roy L. Swift
Joe Beakley
Dee Beakley
S.J
Socrates Jerome) Petrie
A.W. Irwin
Agapito Flores
Asa Broom
Texas
Frank Driskell
LeBaron
Army Air Soc
Debbie Gibson
Willie Nelson
Susie
Elisabet Ney
Temple Lea Houston
Sam Houston
Buck Schwitz
Denton A. Cooley MD
Dan Rather
Jacob Fontaine
John Stolander
Cedar Bayou
Fairview Texas An Old Community’s Rise Decline and Noted Lawmen
Fairview grew around cotton farming and a small economy with a blacksmith shop, cotton gins, and multiple stores. Notable natives include Captain Frank Hamer of the Texas Rangers who helped end Bonnie and Clyde’s era. the town produced many peace officers. Decline followed boll weevil damage and transportation changes, with rapid decline in the 1920s and by mid-century only a machine shop, one church, and a cemetery remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing South
Agapito Flores
Asa Broom
Dan McKenzie
Grandma Rose
Bud Tullos
T.W. Extence
Tanneberger
Sasha
Moseley) Coughran
John W. Wood
McKenzie
John Hearne
Fairview
Texas
Maude Gilliland
Don Gilliland
Texas Rangers
Frank Hamer
Ranger
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Francis Augustus
Frank) Hamer
Westerman
Frank
San Saba County
Floresville
San Antonio
Salado Creek
Camp honors for Sarah Dugi at Hermann Sons River Side
Sarah Dugi 13 the daughter of Royce and Rebecca Wetz of Stockdale and member of Stockdale Hermann Sons Lodge No 316 was chosen for Best Camper and Most Athletic Camper during week three of the 10 week season at Hermann Sons River Side Camp. Hermann Sons serves juniors 9 to 13 and this is the 42nd summer season. The 80,000 member statewide fraternal society hosted about 3,500 youths across River Side and Hilltop camps in 1994. Camp discovery by the American Cancer Society runs July 9 to 15 at Hilltop for children with cancer now in its fourth year.
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Comfort
Sarah Dugi
Royce
Rebecca Wetz
Stockdale
Stockdale Hermann Sons Lodge No. 316
Hermann Sons
Riverside Camp
Riverside
Hilltop
Discovery
American Cancer Society For
Children With Cancer
Good Manners by Jonathan Swift
A Swift quote defines good manners as making others in conversation comfortable. It asserts the best bred person is the one who avoids causing any discomfort to the most people.
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Roy Swift
Exas
Lodi
Eee
Seguin
Jonathan Swift
Boas
Hector
Ucnecacuk
Bette
Nan Ying
Mattress Sale
SEALY
America
Hoelscher
Atrae
PMU Ava
Enone
Cma
Hwy
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