Strange names dot Texas map

6manfootballmom":hysbwwtl said:
PopeBurford":hysbwwtl said:
Is Tarzan still on the map? Had a friend who claimed Dan Blocker grew up there. Although one of the towns out of Lubbock always claimed the honor.
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The birthplace of Dan Blocker is in DeKalb, TX. That is about 40-45 miles from where I live.
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But, Dan Blocker grew up in O'Donnell. I know old farts that knew him back then. If I remember correctly, they said his family ran a grocery store.

They talk like he was a prankster that often found funny ways to get into trouble.
 
I remember getting this chain email earlier this year or last year one...I think its funny how a reporter just plagerized it for an article!

Oldfatandbald-
When I was helping rersearch old and extinct schools I ran across an article saying Woody, Texas in Dawson Co. Played football. There was a few schools in Dawson Co. Back then you can't find on a map now!
 
oneday":2zbg6d9f said:
I remember getting this chain email earlier this year or last year one...I think its funny how a reporter just plagerized it for an article!

When I was helping rersearch old and extinct schools I ran across an article saying Woody, Texas in Dawson Co. Played football. There was a few schools in Dawson Co. Back then you can't find on a map now!
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Things that make you go "Hmmm", wonder what the mascot was for the Woody's?
 
smokeyjoe53":2a1zgr93 said:
oneday":2a1zgr93 said:
I remember getting this chain email earlier this year or last year one...I think its funny how a reporter just plagerized it for an article!

When I was helping rersearch old and extinct schools I ran across an article saying Woody, Texas in Dawson Co. Played football. There was a few schools in Dawson Co. Back then you can't find on a map now!
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Things that make you go "Hmmm", wonder what the mascot was for the Woody's?
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Nah, it was the Woodpeckers....
 
oneday":yfb7rf59 said:
I remember getting this chain email earlier this year or last year one...I think its funny how a reporter just plagerized it for an article!

Oldfatandbald-
When I was helping rersearch old and extinct schools I ran across an article saying Woody, Texas in Dawson Co. Played football. There was a few schools in Dawson Co. Back then you can't find on a map now!
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I don't know how many of them played ball, but there used to be a lot schools in Dawson County. Around Welch there was Mae, Lou, Pride, Ashmore, and Woody. I don't know if Grandview ever had a school.
 
We did a similar thread last year or the year before. Bigfoot TX = Bigfoot Wallace. Google him, Black Bean Incident, Texas Ranger (HOF), descendant of William Wallace (Braveheart). Possibly 1st caucasian in Palo Pinto Co. as a surveyor.
 
If we branch out to other states, since the thread title is about dot's on the map how about Two Dot Montana?
Other personal faves; Cuckoo Virginia, Boring Oregon, Toad Suck Arkansas, and Two Egg Florida.
 
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