The Mineola Daily Argus (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1903 Page: 4 of 4
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MINEOLA
AND
on the flrst storehouse, stocked It with woodland directly between the two! J. A. Calloway came to Mineola in the early history of the town. They Mr. Lankford is also setting out a 20-
family groceiles and became tho firtt points to make a good sized ranch. 1881 and engaged in the mercantile left Mineola in the latter part of the acre Elberta peach orchard six mile*
merchant of Mineola aa permanent!) W. W. Cox, flagman of the ""'on de- business, organizing the firm of J. A. 70s. and both are now dead, the former south of town; also Dr. 1?. W. Mc-
lucatcd, evrn beating the railroads to pot railroad crossing, came to Mineola Calloway & Co. Four years ago he, dying in Winsboro about 19 vears a?o Camlsh has just set out a 30-acre El-
the place about two months. Sam A. In 1870. left Mineola and went to Big Springs, and the latter in Hillsboro a'bout live berta peach orchard in the northern
Joseph's saloon, at the east corner of J. R. Turman, agent of vhe Danas Texas, where he is now engaged in years since. Mis. A. Munzesheimer outskirts of town. The land here is
WOOD COUNTY.
HA It I, Y HISTORY OF MINEOLA.
— _ Ex-Governor Jas. S. Hogg, now re- of the pioneer mercantile firms of Min-j There is nowhere in the interior of
very few farms or Kettle- T. W. Wren, residing in the west siding in Austin, was once a resident eola and probably did the largest bu.-3i- Texas a better cotton market, than
In a radius of ten or fifteen portion of Mineola, came to this vicln- of Mineola a short time while he was ness of any merchant or firm whila Mineola. The highest, prices ire al-
Id animals roamed at wllM'y '[• 1S70, three years before the county attorney of Wood county. Sub- hero. Mr." McDonald ieft Mineola ways paid in spot cash or trade just
i ..o i. i. fniinillnp nf thf tnwn and nnoiipd 1111 DmiuonHu ...o« ,iic, * x . w lluuc« •*
! city of Mineola was a perfect wilder- with L. R. Graham in 1873.
! nets, with
j meats within
miles. Wild . .
jover the forests and game of all kinds founding of the town, and opened up sequently he was district attorney, about twenty years ago and is now as desired, but always on a cash basis
was plentiful. Deer were numerous |be farm on which he now resides, and then attorney general of the state andicaptain of the state rangers and stat- There are five large concerns here ihat
and venison a common article on th'. is still engaged at farming. He was lastly governor. ; ioned at Qunnah. jbuy cotton all through the season, and
on
jumtlon'of Hie two railroads here, but up sulllciently to give the appoarance later conducted a tan yeard here. He I master In chancery of the I. & G. N. I the wealthiest men ir. the state. ! market," A* h'o^'iiiarkor^nf^j^Kn1 hr'nn
in some unknown manner that name of a town under good headway to fu- Las a great store of information re- railrdad which was under a receiver- . (established here and fat hnti nt'-
was defeated. There Is a common be- ture greatness. Though tli« surround- jgardlng the early history of Mineola. ship. In 1891 he was elected to the MINEOLA AT PRESENT. i ways be sold for cash Tlir.ro i« -i
lief among the citizens of the city that ing country was sparsely settled, the-j John Weincr and J. Lowlnger, who senate and has been re-elected twice; ' compress here also which is an idvan-
1 he town was named by a Mr. Burnett town at once began to bo a great trad-, were partners at peddling in Troupe, since and has junt begun his third <1- Mineola is In the southwestern por- tage to the man who sells 'cotton in
or Galveston who, as representative of(jng point, attracting trade for forty came to Mineola immediately after the year term of faithful and efficient ser- tion of Wood, one of the best counties thin market. The cotton rocelrts ire
Hie Texas Land company, before the miles around, on account of the scare- building of the railroads here and es- vice for the 7th senatorial district. He of Texas, about two miles from the Sa- large every season and constint.lv in-
founding of the town, purchased for 50 ity of railroads In those days. iablished the first dry goods business was president pro tern of the senate 2 bine river, and is a prosperous, up-to- creasing. 1
cents an acre the land on which Mine- Immediately following the junction in this place. In 1876 Mr. Lowingcr j years and has been twice a delegate to date city of between 3000 and 3500 pop-' Willi iier splendid railroad facilities
ola is built, called the place Mineola 0f the railroads Front street began to sold his interest in the business to Si-j national democratic conventions. Is illation, it is the junction of three fino building and manufacturing tlm-
in honor either of his littles dainBiter build up rapidly with storehouses, mnn Mnnzeshelmer who enme here in manager of the Mineola Ice & IJirht lines nf rsaliwnv imra ,.i, * , ...
named Minnie or after some'other lit- while in a few ycais the stores in the
tlr> girl or young lady by that. name, j vicinity where the cotton compress
Mineola owes her existence and now stands were either deserted or ...... _ ........ tlllu im
dates her origin from tho junction of moved away. Mineola continued j left Mineola in 1S36 and died In Waco, ty, having come to the county in 1884 j west, from New Orleans'to Ei 'paso; ship, "Mine'oia^ possesses"the°nucleusCto
tiie Texas ami Pacific and the Inter-. building up rapidly for several years Texas, about two years ago.) Shortly from Rusk county. He came to Mineo-1 the great "Katy" system has a line become one of the best towns in tlie
nallohal and Great Northern^railroads,^cn(j became the trading point for sever- after Mr. Munzesheimer married Miss[ la in 1882 and is now engaged In farm-; hero from Greenville, north, anil the state, and there is no reason why it
, population with-
tcoming with fac-
_.. _ _ _ _ . tlltVOVJll I m; lllkCIit'Ol Ul IJLIO |'(tl HH*1 , in i • 1 •*> p* vvtuvub vi ntv; uiu ucincio ao* i I'll l ii it Hiimri. wiiri I nn aoi'nntniynn n f mrtno nr irn ■< <■/. i.t.. -
ville on the south and north, which!stores and houses began to be erected Weincr. who then left Mineola with sociatlon Of Wood county and is re-
was consummated in June 1873. As thejon adjacent streets. At that time considerable means and returned to the garded as tho prime mover in organ-
two roads, one building westward and i^,, town contained S00 or 1000 popula- home of his nativity in Hungary and izing the association. He was master
the other to the north, grew closer and ,jon 0f far nioro permanent character engaged in the manufacture of pearl of the state grange several years.
closer to the verging point, tlie^ build- ,jian at first, and tlnf merchants enjoy- buttons. He has now retired from! B. B. Hart moved from Quitman to
nallohal and Great Northern railroads,^cn(j became the trading point for sever- after Mr. Munzesheimer married Miss1 la in 1882 and is now engaged In farm-, here from Greenville, north, and the state, and there is no
at a point not far from half way be- tlj counties around not yet favored Carrie Marks, a wealthy lady of Jef- ing in the western outskirts of town ■ International and Great Northern, "the; should not have 10,000 n
t ween Dallas and Marshall on the west with the advent of the iron horse. Dy ferson, Texas, and in 18S(> he pur- and is also in the real estate business.; Texas railroad," comes in from Troupe in a few years and be te<
ami east ami between Tyler and Green- 1Sy(; pront street had filled up with chased the interest of Ills partner, Mr. He Is president of the Old Settlers' as- on the south. With the advantages of tories of various kinds
... .1 It. nn/l nrn'l Vl U'lll CM I V I . l.„ -„i 1 nr. • ...V. _ ll 1 .. Si * * t — 1 _ •, U C«nl ni (<\n A# Xlf/v/t.l •> nn /I i „ 41. - . ° .... •
ing of them became more and more (,(j_ Qr (j)(j a tremendous bueslness, foi businesa and resides in St.ofhols, Hun- Mineola In 1881 and engaged in the great desideratum of nearly all Scuth-
these systems of transportation, it The city, ,'or one thing has been
seems reasonable to predict that Min- cramped for lack of sufficient room* but
eola will at no distant day grow to be the city council several months'ago
a place of great importance. Nothing passed an ordinance expanding tile
but lack of sufficient capital, that one city limits double the distance out,
t making the city contain four square
sports both big and llt^ i ijopkinn and Camp. In fact the bus!-; returned to Mineola and purchased the to Mineola In 1881, and practiced med-j better location could be found for cot-' fore
Alterably by .
lie as to which road would nrBl j ness transacted here at that, time was general merchandise business of Bruce icine up to his death last year. His . ton mills, so would
built to the point of conjunction. Both. phenomenally largo, especially during land company of which he was a heavy son, Dr. Sam W. Hart, came with him n'f"
iked hard and tireless, labor-
marketing of cotton, when the re-! creditor.
r than ever be-
„i11o „ ,. 4 Now is unquestionably the op-
nills, so would a cottonseed oli Portune time for the capitalist to come
be a safe and profitable invest-: to Mineola and join in the march nf
About six
ment here.
years
to Mineola and still resides here.
A fire-proof warehouse is1 progress.
crews
people, who were contemplating
founding of a new railroad town 111 have to remain over till next, day be- and came to Texas when quite young1 joys a lucrative practice
East Texas as ; f°r<> coll|(1 "bIt in V,cir P ™hascB; a"? T became a full-fledged Ameri-j Te first paper pubiisho(1 in Mineola
ing point of the two rail oails 'wouiu. In 1878 the East Line (now S. S. and .can with a devout Interest in all that was the At,vei.tiser. bv r-has.
the customers and then many would j last year,
have to remain over
He^ was born in Germany | years. He has been engaged in the [system of the Southwestern Telcpohnej city officials, as skillful" an^industrious
" "" j company, | artisans In the various trades, and last
„.J rhe city is lighted, and supplied with !>ut not least, as pretty girls and sweet
the Advertiser, by Chas. Martin, ^!neo'a Light and Power i young ladies, in proportion to the pop-
he, for that Poi^ ^ oM1fV^e^locat^t'L I r0a<1 was built from Greenville toj pertained to Mineola and Wood coun- j'n" 1S747 U was'Ism all sheet and did! co.mpany, a home corporatlon'equipped: dlation;"as"any com munTtV'can ^ boast
where the new town should be wcatej Jpfferson and that detached much ; ty. He ever possessed a warm heart not survlv4, lona.. Snmp Mme latP1. d j with a splendid plant of the latest im- of. Her society is surpassed nowhere
llshed the; pi°Ye<' uiachlnery. j in Texas, her schools rank with tho
samei riiere is in tho city a big cotton com- highest, and her people are a sober
Next !,ress: onG of the largest factories in \ moral, refined, church-going people. '
...v- Mineola tllP state for the manufacture of boxes, Mineola is an auspicious j.nd inviting
;d at differ- baskets- crates, etc., for the shipping of field for both the capitalist and skilled
prietors and |res!l fruits, vegetables, etc.; a steam. laborer as well as the up-to-date horti-
bottling! curturist or orchardist, and her sur-
aterworlcs ; rounding fertile lands are beckoning,
Iresentattve in tho legislature. " iin tne residence section, as well as a;o« it were, the coming of the husband-
Sodekson,! w ,,, „nm„ i [arge. deep public well on Johnson and; man as never before. Market garden-
Monitor and was conducted
& G. N. track was laid to the goal; j umfi of JlPr |ia(lo. Since then the latei j urer of the Mineola Mercantile com- ent"tlmes" bv dffferent"nrourietors' and fresh vegetables,"etc";"
Tho event was duly celebratc l by tl hiHtory nf Mineola is too well known to pany and is probably the only native ;waa flnany discontinued in 1S< 7 bv T 'aundry, and iron works, a
building crews by the .inking o wnrrant a continuation of the story, so born merchant In Mineola. j \ 'wSSd Slity's nresent VeJ- work« and two systems of wat
Hpirilous liquors and ha\ g We close this historical sketch for N. S. Sodekson came to Mineola in, resentative in tho leKislature i,n the residence section, as w
good time in their way. The T. & P-jthe present.
continued its progress westward, win e Mineola was Incorporated
in
1875 with his brother, H.
luiiiiniin. '"-r.—- ., t.piipvpd I """ "lv"' *•' the and established a general merchandise icfts'aria*enm*** i^'hTa 1 Broadway streets which furnishes, with!crs, orchardists, berry and grape grow
tho 1. & G. N„ whlch.^it J^as |spring of 1877, the confines of the mun-!business in a livery stable building lo- nc8. beina Tonrietir of the hnr"-|the ai(1 of a pump- win,1mi" gaso-.ers are ideal immigrants, and recelv.
designed to go on to Sulphur Spi ings.
made Mineola its permanent terminus
of the Troupe extension. Eight years
afterward, however, the "Katy sys-
tem built a line of railroad from
Greenville to Mineola, making a con-
tinuous line with the International
and Great Northern and giving Mineo-
ber"shorT'on the^east^side"of John'son I,n° englne' an Sundance of whole- [ the glad hand of welcome bFeve'ryone6
street Mr Pebworth is an orda"ned ?.ra<; rn neral water for a11 Pu''P°ses in Untoid possibilities lie in the g and
ilLSiw 01 the Baptist « !<""?• | ll of Woo« cm.ijty which I> o adnpt-
Icipallty being a circle formed by a! cat.ed about the middle of the block on ."p®8;
half mile radius with tho union depot J Front street, directly fronting the un-. p'^. some mineral water for all purposes In
fmm Omaha' Neb' Farre11'. who. ca™e Idepot. He paid $75 a month for^t„M/; !S. .^^5! «>e business part of town.
first mayor. He
where in West Texas
of alderman was composed of B. F,
Read, S. Zuckerman, Kirk Brown, Dr.
la a r
I l Ul « ' " * ' "* . , ■ lhl.ll>l| , k7, * i l vl\ V I I II U II | IV" 11 M-J l \S T «•, • •
aiiroad outlet. In every cardinal ^ A Mobley, W. E. Wigley and J. C.
•b„ was elected the,the building and converted it Into & takes nrominent nart in the imifr 1. The Flr8t NationH' bank of Mineola ed to the production of all" those choic-
? now resides some- store house by tearing away the stalls: f th town is one the soli<l institutions of the.est and mostly sought articles of diet,
'exas. The flrst baord and flooring it with the lumber obtain- T w M.p„rrv' ........ an(l has air>Ple capital for the The intelligent farmer who engages
hardware andea^l.e^coodT esflblish iPre8ent needs of thc city* 11 is ln "inhere systematically in the cultivation
ment of J W McMunv & comnanv era1, thol,gh safe hands- and its buai-'of the grape, strawberry, blackberry,
came to Mineola in 1876 and engaged! Th's instU' ta,',es of a" !dnds' EIb.erta P« >ches
ed. and by canvassing the unsightly
walls as well as ceiling the overhead
joists with canvaslng. In 1884 Mr.
i,i iv * .. an(ji wpqt I "• "• juibib wmi Uttiivacsiiig. in loot mi.
direction—north, east, soutn ani• -| Buchanan .only the first named being a Sodekson organized the present car-
Several months previous to in I citizen of Mineola now. B. F. McDon-
junction of the two railroads a t w aj(j was n10 nrst city marshal. George
was started about three quarters^™ ^a^ a Cage"was elected the flrst city treas-
urer, but declined to serve because liia
poration of N. S. Sodekson & Co.,
doing business in their fine two-story
brick on West Broadway.
The double brick house on Front
business demanded his entire at ten- frontlng the union depot, now
tion. George W. Butler, who died here,lv A Tlpntnn M a 1|VJ
Wll" BMW vwu - | 1
mile southeast of where the union de-
pot now stands, being located where
it was generally understood the
of the International and Great North-
orn road would be^made to comc along. ^ ,ty_ T Baggett was the first jus- , M,neo.
Some forty or fifty small, cneap. iw«b« .ujce 0f tj1G peace of Mineola (No. 2)
unfinished box shanties and tents.precinct, after the founding of the
in the saddlery and harness buslnf sl.^ j e,±y® lh°d'stlnction ,of no.t,(n"d °^v ,vark',ios' aPPles °'" I^ars,
r.poree F Flvnt tho tewet^r wntoh I having lost any money on a loan m etc., soon becomes a man of means.
mak^r and ontician on X easT slde the past two yeai'a" i Now ls ,he timc to come> as ,hc >a^s
of johnson street came to Mineola ?n The mercanllle fi,ms of the city will;are fast being taken up at a rapidly
1876 Mineola in)Comparo favorably with those ln the; increasing price.
1 best towns of Texas. There is one —
"f'the!occupied by Lloyd & Benton as a liv-^and ^^"^8 pre^nnccu^aUol8!Jvh°le8ale grocery and feed store en-
,« year, was ,hc e , „.yo, o. ,hci„ slab|, alld c. „,",L dr.y
hastily erected in a row alongside the
coming road and stocked with the va-
rious lines of goods common to fron-
tier towns in those days. Thc coun-
try round about contained many
town.
EARLY SETTLERS OF MINEOLA.
Below we take pleasure in mention
' ing those first and subsequent settlers
WOOD COUNTY.
, „ „ ,. ... 'oi&c uaiwuiiouiiieius Hunting a special- Contains 702 square mites or 449,-
la They were built in 1875 the oneliJl j J0?"16 Mineola In ty 0f dry goods, clothing, etc., but to 280 acres of as good land as is to b<3
on the west by S. Zuckerman and the ^ "^bus ness a few moThT a,ccom„mod?tc a ,arf c^dit trade they found In any timbered section of the
business a few months, also handle groceries, household sup-j United States of America. In the
Then he was a commercial traveler j plies, farm implements, vehicles, etc. county there are about 50.000 acres of
for a clothing firm for about ten years. Two other good firms carrying dry,land in cultivation, leaving about 400,-
was a MKinv educated uerinan jew u88 a rk Mineola stores goods, groceries, etc., one large racket 000 acres wailing for and inviting the
enterprising liberal-hearted broad- c. ? as8e8s°r and collector five; store, one cash exclusive dry goods'man with tho axe, plow, spade and
SlSTSatn SSZSZ ***« turn}B^S ^ hoc. Our lands produce in R'hundanco
nlished nq an office business man Hei 8 mayor of Mineola. store, one very nice millinery corn, cotton, oats, wheat, barley, rye,
pushed as an office business man. He) B. H. Greer came here with the Tex- j store, besides millinery goods handled peas of all kinds, potatoes(both sweet
w n iv, .nii ~ iaS « Pre,im'nary surveying by other larger firms; one mammoth :"nd Irish), melons of all descriptions,
" i | whom being yet In our midst enjoying!,.^- °- J mS crf,w 1872 .before the arrival of the furniture and undertaker's establish- glasses in endless variety, sugar cane
town was frequented by so many of |)0(h K00(j iicajth and an honored ■!os' . came to Mineola in,railroads or founding of the town of inent, three large hardware houses, one and sorghum. We are situated in tho
one on the east side by Weiner & Mun
zesheimer. Mr. Zuckerman conducted
a dry goods business In his house. He
was a highly educated German Jew,
tough characters of tho homo genus as
well as the native wild animals of
more or less vicious disposition, ns't)|- Mineola who were Important factors I cijrrt"Vaat"vear in"Chicaco
farms or settlements were scarce forj,n ,h(? bulldlng of thc .t0wn. many of| ®
miles around at that time, and
the
those barbarous characters known as
desperadoes, who went heavily armed,
drank bad liquors, carried blood in
their eyes, as it were, and committed
murder at the slightest provocation
and oftentimes without any provoca-
tion at all. that the place was called
••Heirs Half Acre." But tlie town ex-
isted only about six months, for the
location was not destined to be the
point of conjunction of the two rail-
roads. where the permanent town
must bo located.
Then when tho survey of the T<(xas
and Pacific road was made another
location was selected for the town, in
the vicinity of where the cotton com-
press now stands, and four or five
stores were put up there ln anticipa-
tion of the International and Great
Northern touching the Texas and Pa
did carpenter work.
Loth good health and an honored, '";p * ,
name. They all deserve the highest!'> , , .
encomium for thc excellent state to'^'P^ clear up the town and erect
stores and residences.
which they have developed and built
tho splendid, modern, up-to-date little
city of which we are all so proud and
muchly enjoy.
Tlios. Breen, who has just begun his
fourth term as postmaster of Min-
eola. came here a couple of months be-
John Jones, a carpenter residing in
the south part of town, came to Min-
eola in 187fi.
B. F. Read came here the same year; at this place. Later the Pacific Express ten or twelve hotels, lodging and board- grapes
from Lovelady, Texaa, and engaged In compaily. took the place of the Texas Ing houses; five restaurants, one lunch ties so
tlio mprnnnlilp iiiiRtnnsa whi p . _ • .. ... « . . . ! __ ■ *_
He Mineola. He has followed railroading of them carrying a big line of sad-1 center of the great fruit belt, hero
at different places ever since and is diary and leather good In addition;grapes and berries grow spontaneously
again a resident of Mineola. [three lumber yards, two livery sta-'and the improved varieties cannot be
J. F. McDatiiel came to Mineola In bles, five exclusive grocery stores, as surpassed either in quantity or quality.
1877 and took charge aa agent of the ! well as seven other firms handling fam-j Our special productions in the fruit
old Texas Express company located,ity groceries; four stores carrying feed, 'ino are; apples, peaches, pears, plums
and berries. All foreign varie-
.. . . , ... „ w. -r — — —__ far as tested are a Success. Our
^w,„, wi,,„^ ^ ^'1C Reneial mercantile business yhile Express company and Mr. McDaniel. stand, eight barbershops, one dye soil is peculiarly adapted to garden
fore the arrival of the railroads and ^ neola, e"Joye{1 ®uch a large trade, cont|nUed as agent. He is still agent works, two photograph galleries, one. vegetables, not only in variety, but in
engaged in tho hardware business as a;!'om a11 surrounding counties.. h(,re having been with the Pacific Ex- tailor shop, two gunsmith shops, two quality, and numbers of our most pro-
member of the firm of T. L. Edwards j Hp rct're(1 , °m an actlye business lire, presa company 21 years, during which cotton yards, three railroad repair! gross! ve farmers are making a special-
it Co. Two years later Mr. Edwards ■ _ ,\,a now sclvin®: as c'1^ time he has never been transferred or shops, one fancy woodwork shop, two ty of raising the watermelon, canta-
retired front the firm, leaving as prop-, fcasurer. imade a break ln the agency at this watch repelr shop3, three newspapers loupe, Irish potato, tomato, cabbage,
rletors Mr. Breen and Jacob Elmer, '• "■ Hrom berg came to Mineola in ■ piace> There Is probably not another and two job printing offices. j etc., and tliey are making money at
the latter dying in 1885, since which 1 •'e,,rl,ary 1S77, and located on !• rontj eXpre88 agent in the United States who1 Among the professions and trades jit.
time Mr. Breen has been sole proprie-j str®el wltJl a very small stock or gen-jcan c|a|m 8ucj, a tinique record for represented in Mineola there are nine! The county is well supplied with wa-
ter. | oral merchandise. He is now the se- j continuous servico as Mr. McDaniel; physicians, two dentists, one special-, ter. The Sabine river on our south-
George A. Cage came to Mineola ln IIlior number of the firm of I. G. Brom-1 can. His services are so efficient and ist, twelve or fourteen notaries, eight j western boundary, wPh Lake Fork,
July, one month after thc arrival of _ ^rR & company and is regarded^as a satisfactory that, the express company lawuers, two underwriters, three real one of its principal tributaries, running
the railroads, and engaged in the re- ^ory^successful^ merchant^ . v?| would not let him resign if he wanted ' estate dealers, nine clergymen, four be-j through Its center from north to
jlng colored; numerous literary and,south with numbers of bold running
cific at that point. But this location | cc|ving and forwarding of freight and 'loar(* ^a'(J °f Mr. Bromberg that he ^ e
was also doomed to be a failure. The (n jjle grocery business. Next year he [ias acquired his well-earned compe-, Aldridge came to Mineola In'music teachers, eight truck and fruit! creeks, branches and brooklets, many
Northern dht Went into the buying, weighing and teney in fair, honest, legitimate deal-,the ftll of 1881 and engaged as fuel growers and severs
International and Great ..
at flrst Intend to connect there and | shipping of cotton, and two years later with his fellowmen
agent for the M. K.
eral others beginning(of them furnishing power to run ma-
T. railroad, later In the business; four brick masons, i tfhlnery the year round. There are
even surveyed the line thither, but ]lp engaged in the banking business.1 A. H. Blasingame came here In 1879; as baggage master, then was clerk ln three painters and paper hangers, six-1 numerous lakes on our water courses
subsequently rejected the location on. Whieh he pursued about thirteen years, and engaged in the saloon buslnesfc
account of Its swampy surface. Thon'por past eighteen years lie has and is still a resident of Mineola.
the International and Great Northern, i,CPn writing fire insurance. Judge H. M. Cate came to Mineola
road was made to bend to tha west-1 j jpnnings came to Mineola in'in January 1880, and engaged in the
'ward and touched the Texas & Paclflcithe fall of 1873 and built the first sub-'practice of law with Capt. W. M. Giles,
about three hundred yards west p'jstantlal residence in the south ward,] who died last summer. Judge Cate
there, striking the Texas and Pacific
track at the union depot as It U at
present.
There was one man who was wiser
than all the rest in anticipating the
location of the junction of the two
railroads. He was L. R. Graham, thc
present manager of the wholesale gro-
cery and feed store of L. R. Graham
& Co. of Mineola. He was one of the
merchants of Hell's Half Acre, but his
store was built directly in the way
where the International and Great
Northern road was subsequently sur-
veyed to pass along, and In conse-
quence thereof was compelled to move
same out of the road's right-of-way,
and instead of relocating at location
No. 2 (In the vicinity where the cotton
compress now stands), acted upon a
wiser judgment and bought the west
corner lot on the block directly front-
ing on the north the future location of
the union depot, the town having al-
tad? been laid off, aad be built there-1
the freight house. He has been In bus-1 teen carpenters, two draymen, three; teeming with the finny tribe, from the
iness here about fourteen years and Is white and four colored church houses, j sun perch to the 100-pound catfish,
now conducting a grocery business on with five white and four colored church' The water is soft or pure freestone
the west, side of Johnson street. organizations. !as a rule, though we have a few mln-
Marshal Hicks, who was once a; Mineola is Incorporated linden* the,eral Springs and wells, furnishing a
partner of W. M. Glles(now deceased)1 general laws of the state and is divld-j great health resort for the afflicted. The
which is south of the Texas & Pacific'was appointed city attorney of Mineo-iin the practice of law in Mineola, went ed into three wards, with two alder-! soil Is grey sandy or grey loam as a
railroad. i la In 1880 and elected county judge of to Laredo many years ago and later men from eftch, and a full complement rule, although there are large bodies
D. S. Lankford, proprietor of the, Wood county In 1882 and moved toto San Antonio, where he was elected of city officers, a recor-|of red gravily sandy land.
drug store on West Broadway, was in Quitman. He was re-electei in 1881,! mayor of that city and Is now serving • der's court, with criminal jurisdic-; Tho timbers are white, black, red
the vicinity of Mineola before the I when ho voluntary retired and return- as state senator of that district. j tion. etc. The south ward Is all'that and post oak. overcup, ash, walnut,
founding of the town. He was one of cd to Mineola and re-entered the prac-| Akron Munzesheimer came to Mineo-; part of the city south of the Texas and j mulberry, sweet and black gum, white
the first clerks ln the store of N. S. 'ice of law. In 1888 he organized the,la in 187$ and engaged In business with Pacific railroad, while Johnson street and black hickory, black jack, cotton
Sodekson. which was established in; First National Bank of Mineola, one S. Zuckerman ft Company, carrying separates the east from the west ward wood, hackberry, pine, etc. A largj
187!>, and has served ten years as of the solid institutions of east Texas,'general merchandise. Two or three in the north part of town.
mayor of tho city. He ls one of the and in 180!) organized the H. M. Cate! years later Weiner ft Munzesheimer j Tho health of the city is uniformly
best known persons in Wood county. {Dry Goods & Grocery Co., known as j bought the business of Mr. Zuckerman good and the death rate is phenomenal-
Dr. A. Pntten came to Minoola ln tho j "Tho Big Four," one of tho largest; and Mr. Aaron Munzesheimer went ly small, being perhaps, as low as can
spring of 1873, but did not move his general merchandise stores in this with the purchasing firm, who then be found in any part of the state.
family here from Quitman, an_ old! city. I,c moved to Terrell ln 1901 and J changed the Arm name to H. Munzes-
heimer ft Company. Later Mr. Aaron
town and the county seat of Wood now resides there.
county, till 1875. He is still hore anil Geo. C. Reeves came here ln 1874. Munzesheimer was with Brnce & com-
Mineola is In as fine a fruit, truck
and grape country as there Is ln the
area of the south end of the county -s
covered with a magnificent growth of
as fine yet low pines as can be found
In the south, from which are furnish-
ed millions of feet of lumber and
shingles annually.
Unimproved lands In the county sell
world, to which fact the people are just at. from $1.50 to $8.00 an acre, accord
actively engaged in the practice of He was city Marshal of Mineola three; pany. general merchandise dealers, and,awakening. Thc Mineola Fruit and • ing to location, quality and quantity,
medicine. ] terms, engaged in the hardware busi-i in 1900 he established his present bust- Vegetable Growers' association is a Improved lands range In price from
J. F. Wren, clerking in the Racket ness six years, and was state convict! ness. one of the largest in Mineola, i product of the recent awakening of the $3.00 to $26.00 per acre. Land can bo
Store of C. C. Slsler. and his brothers, agent during Gov. Hogg's 4-yeara' ad-! having two large stores in conjunction! people on the subject. The members purchased on easy terms.
Wm. H. and R. K. Wren, pursuing the ministration. He is now engaged in {and carrying general merchandise. In- of the association will Increase their Health of the county is good, schools
carpenter's trado, came to Mineola in the stock business and owns about a;eluding a full line of groceries, etc. acreage this year considerably. Dr. A.
187fi, and say there were only two or dozen farms In the country surround-' J. and I. Goldman, brothers, doliue 9. Cochrane and D. S. Lankford have
three farms between here and Golden Ing Mineola. He also has a saw mill business In the name of J. Goldman ft recently set oat *0 acres In Elberta .ty Is splendid. The Jury scrip is al-
thea, while now there it not enough 15 miles eaat of town. J company, war* in business hart during | peaches two milwl west of town, and! ways worth 100 centa on th* dollar.
are first-class, and churches of nearl/
every name and order exist, and socle-
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The Mineola Daily Argus (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1903, newspaper, February 27, 1903; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254295/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.