DeWees, Texas, Wilson County ghost town. (original) (raw)

History on a Pinhead

Settler Thomas DeWees is the town's namesake.

The town dates from 1870 and had a post office from 1906 to 1911. The town spend a quiet history with no disasters to report. Dewees had a school and a simple store in the 1930s and a few businesses managed to stay open through the 70s. The Dewees cemetery still remains and is marked on detailed county maps.

Dewees, Texas Family & Farm

Summer of 1952

Wenzel Hassler and children Alfred, Barbara and Werner
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

Alfred Hassler on the tractor
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

At work
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

At work
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

"My father Wenzel Hassler pitching hay."
- Barbara Hassler Schramek

"My brother Alfred Hassler in the crop duster."
- Barbara Hassler Schramek

Hassler children Alfred, Barbara and Werner
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

Alfred and Helen Schneider with Alfred, Barbara and Werner Hassler by the family car
Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

Photo courtesy Barbara Hassler Schramek

"The house we lived in was replaced by the log cabin house that is there today. That is the one Helen Schneider lived in for several years." - Barbara Hassler Schramek

Two little girls sitting on bales of cotton at the gin
Photo circa 1930s courtesy Lois Zook Wauson

At Schneider�s Store you can go home again

by Lois Zook Wauson

Something keeps drawing me back to Schneider�s Store, the little filling station on FM 541 at Dewees in the southwest part of Wilson County. It has been there for over 80 years.... more

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