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Ruins
in Silver Lake
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Settlement dates to the mid 1840s when John Jordan filed claim to
a large tract of land along the banks of the Sabine River. The town
became a stop on the Texas and Pacific Roalroad in 1873 and the name
comes from either a legend of silver being hidden in a nearby lake
or the simple (and more likely) reason that the lake gives off a silvery
reflection. The T & P chief engineer of the Texas and Pacific bought
land and platted the town in 1874-1875. The town had it's own post
office from 1874 to the 1930s.
The population was 80 in 1914 but when the Great Depression arrived
it declined to about 50. In 1974 it had an estimated population of
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Closed
gas station
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007 |
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