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GHOST TOWNS
OF TEXAS
by
DICK KING
Alive as Texas is, its surface is pitted
with ghost towns of great schemes that
went sour. These plans were the results
of dreams spurred on by men ambitious
in industry, by those devout in religion
o by those eager to experiment with
government and having dreams of find-
ing Utopia.
In many instances these towns no
loner exist or at the present are but
bit players who have been stellar per-
frers in the formation of the Lone
Star State; in other cases they have been
the mobs in scenes, adding color and
excitement characteristic of pageantry,
but speaking no lines, and then becom-
ig has-beens, deserving or getting little
mention in reviews.
GHOST TOWNS OF TEXAS is a
compilation of the intimate, inside-
sties of the many hopefully established
cooies which, for various reasons,
failed to become the Utopias which their
founders expected them to be:
MAmRITA was settled by the Quakers,
but their peace-loving characteristics did
not blend with the none too peaceful
West of Texas;
IA REUNION was built by European
followers of the Fourier movement, but
they discovered they were not adapted
to the rural life of the pioneer in a town
poorly located;
(Continued on Back Flap)
THE NAYLOR COMPANY
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
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King, Dick. Ghost Towns of Texas, book, 1953; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61101/m1/2/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .