Monday, April 20, 2009

Novice Texan's & Trail Town

Ever wonder where novice Texan's live?
Well in Novice Texas of course!
And there are 142 of them.





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I guess if you are a novice Methodist you live there too. Wait, that can't be right, there are some novice Methodist that live here in my town!


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Trail Town
St. Jo Texas, originally called Head of Elm because of its location on Elm Creek, was close to the cattle trail crossing point on the Red River. Because of this it got the nick name Trail Town.
Cattle drives on the Chisholm Trail likely spurred St. Jo’s growth. By 1871 seven business establishments, five of them grocery stores, operated locally. In 1872 a group of local promoters, led by Irb H. Boggess and Joseph A. Howell, purchased a 640-acre tract that included the Head of Elm settlement. The following year they surveyed and laid out a townsite on this property. Click here to read more.