Telegraph, Texas
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Telegraph is a ghost town in Kimble County, Texas, United States, that is located along on U.S. Route 377, Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Junction.
History
Biographer Robert A. Caro notes, "the town had no telegraph; it had been given its name because telegraph poles had been cut from trees near there during the 1850s."[1]
Ruth Holmes was appointed the first postmaster, when Telegraph was assigned a post office on February 17, 1900.[2]
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By the 1890, ranches were established in the surrounding area of the Texas Hill Country. During the 1920s, camping on the river near Telegraph was a popular vacation spot for campers, hunters, and fishermen, with the only building of the town serving as the residence/country store/post office (which closed in 2009). In 1925, Telegraph had rental cabins on the river, and a gas station-post office-general store (residence of the postmaster).[3]
The general store and post office, built 1890–1900, was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1996, marker number 5219.[4]
Telegraph was about a mile from the ranch built by Governor Coke Stevenson, known as "Mr. Texas".
At its peak in 1966, the town had a trade population of 56 people, made up of people living in the cedar breaks and on the ranches surrounding Telegraph, using its post office.[5]
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Telegraph has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps.[6]
Notable person
- Governor Coke Stevenson, long time Texas public servant, known also for his narrow loss to Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1948 U.S. Senate election
See also
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