Douglas, Texas, Smith County. (original) (raw)
History in a Pecan Shell
The Old Mound Indian Trail, also known as the Jamestown-Tyler road, ran through (nearby) Douglas. The town never seems to have developed a distinct center. Most of Douglas� existing history concerns it�s schools � of which there were four in the 1930s. Douglas did have a cemetery but there are two shown on the detailed county map � one beside the other � about a mile from where Douglas once was. One cemetery is unnamed while the other is named Prospect.
Douglas� entry in the Handbook of Texas states that in the mid 1960s, only an �abandoned business, a church, and a number of dwellings [were] scattered along dirt roads south of State Highway 31.�
Photographer's Note:
Douglas is, was, midway between Tyler and Kilgore on CR 26, below Highway 31. This sign is the only sign of Douglas that I could find. -
Barclay Gibson, August 14, 2007
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