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Windmill
Photo courtesy Ken Rudine, July 2007 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Once known as Damon's Mound after a geologic outcropping that stands
above the coastal prairie, both mound and town are named after Samuel
Damon who settled here in the early 1830s.
Growth was slow, but by 1890 the community had 100 people, essential
businesses and a post office under the name of Damon Mound. After
closing in the early 1890s, it reopened in 1895 under the shortened
name of Damon. The population had fallen to only 40 by 1896. Things
improved when the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad ran
a spur from Rosenberg to Damon in 1918. The population reached 300
by the mid 1920s, declining slightly to 260 with the arrivial of the
Great Depression. The population remained at nearly 400 from the late
1940s through the 1980s. It is listed on the 2007 state map as 535. |
Cowboy
mural
Photo courtesy Ken Rudine, July 2007 |
Damon
Cemetery
Photo courtesy Ken Rudine, July 2007 |
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Photo
courtesy Ken Rudine, July 2007 |
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Photographer's
Note:
Damon used to be known as Damon's Mound - a salt dome. This dome was
visible as you approached it on this prairie. Now there are so many
trees lining the highway you cannot see the mound shape like you could
when I was last there 40 years ago. - Ken
Rudine, July 23, 2007 |
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