Mount Pleasant Texas, Titus County seat. (original) (raw)
History in a Pecan Shell
Mount Pleasant was designated the county seat when Titus County was formed in 1846. The site for the town was donated by early settlers with a post office opening the following year.
It wasn�t until the arrival of the Texas and St. Louis Railroad in the early 1880s that the town experience notable growth. By the mid 1880s the town had a population around 800 with most essential businesses as well as a newspaper and a bank.
Mineral-rich springs created an influx of health-seeking tourists in the 1910s and by the 1920s, Mount Pleasant had 4,000 residents. The Great Depression reduced the population to 3,500 but it dealt business a harder blow, reducing the number to just 121 from a pre-Depression high of 190.
Mount Pleasant also served as an economic center for neighboring counties of Morris, Franklin and Camp.
The population went over 11,000 in the 1970 Census and was nearly 12,300 for the 1990 Census.
The city is also the home of Northeast Community College (which serves the aforementioned three neighboring counties). The population was 16,152 as of 2010.
by Bob Bowman ("All Things Historical")
"... The bell will soon ring again across Mount Pleasant�s courthouse square.
To build a new, freestanding bell tower and an electronic operating system to ring the bell, the Commission and others are putting together a $60,000 pot. County officials are putting up 42% of the cost, the City of Mount Pleasant is paying 20%, and the remaining funds are coming largely from engraved bricks...." [ more ]
Dr Pepper Hand-Painted Brick Advertisement
Restored in 2011
"It is said to be the largest hand-painted Dr Pepper brick advertisement in Texas and one of the largest in America." - David Freeman
Jo's Downtown hand-painted Dr Pepper brick advertisement
Photo courtesy David Freeman, December 2015
"We wanted to share this updated picture of the Dr Pepper advertisement located on the oldest building on the downtown square of Mount Pleasant, Texas.
The billboard was restored in 2011 with an additional scene on the far right side." - David Freeman, January 23, 2017
Photo courtesy David Freeman, December 2015
Girl holding Dr Pepper bottle
before restoration
Photo courtesy David Freeman, September 2011
Weathered sign
Photo courtesy David Freeman, January 2007
The sign before the wall became faded and extremely weathered.
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2002
Photo courtsey Joyce Cook, April 2018
Mount Pleasant Nearby Destinations
- Lake Bob Sandlin State Park
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us - Lake Monticello
10 miles southwest of Mount Pleasanthttp://www.tpwd.state.tx.us - Lake Welsh
On Swuanano Creek, 10 miles southeast of Mount Pleasant
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us
Mount Pleasant Tourist Information
Mount Pleasant/Titus County Chamber Of Commerce
1604 N. Jefferson P.O. Box 1237 Mount Pleasant, TX 75456-1237
Phone: 903/572-8567
http://www.mtpleasant-tx.com/
Mount Pleasant Hotels
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