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| Attraction: |
Original Town Site & Post Office of Weldon: Texas
Historical Marker |
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Houston |
| City: |
Weldon |
| Website: |
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225011067&search_term=weldon |
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| Description |
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In 1850 William Morrow built a cotton gin about a mile north of
here, opening a settlement. An early post office in the vicinity
was renamed Weldon in 1869, for Weldon Jones Murchison (1838-99),
a local pioneer merchant. Local economy was based on cotton and
timber. I & GN hauled logs over a tram road to mills in Trinity
(15 miles east) by 1900. The town moved south in 1911, when Beaumont
& Great Northern Railway reached this point. The East Texas
Development Company platted the new town site, which prospered in
spite of disastrous fires in 1926 and 1927. The Weldon post office
closed Sept. 3, 1976.
Post office is near Weldon on FM 230.
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