Pisgah, Texas
| Pisgah, Texas | |
|---|---|
| Ghost town of Navarro County, Texas | |
| c. 1847–c. 1965 | |
| Area | |
| • Coordinates | 31°53′00″N 96°29′27″W / 31.88321°N 96.49081°W31.88321N,-96.49081W |
| Status | Unincorporated CDP |
| • Type | Mayor |
| History | |
• Established | c. 1847 |
• Town merged into Richland, Texas | c. 1948 |
• Disestablished | c. 1965 |
Pisgah is a ghost town that was located in Navarro County, Texas, United States, approximately 12 miles south of Corsicana.
History[edit]
The area of Pisgah was first settled in the late 1840s. The Pisgah post office was established in 1891, but closed the following year. By 1900, the town included a school, a church, and several shops and industries. The school was merged into the Richland school following World War II. Except for the cemetery and a few houses, Pisgah had largely disappeared by the mid-1960s.[1]
John Wesley Hardin, the outlaw, taught school there for a short time in the 1860s[2]: 16 while on the run from the law. He claimed while there he shot a man's eye out just to win a bottle of whiskey in a bet.[2] Hardin also wrote that his cousin, "Simp" Dixon, and he encountered a group of soldiers in the area, and each killed one before they fled the area.[2]: 17
References[edit]
- '^ Texas Handbook Online; website; "Pisgah, TX (Navarro County)"; accessed July 2016.
- ^ a b c Hardin, John Wesley (1896). The Life of John Wesley Hardin: as Written by Himself. Seguin, Texas: Smith & Moore. ISBN 978-0-8061-1051-6. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
Further reading[edit]
Putnam, Wyvonne; comp.; Navarro County History (in 5 volumes); Quanah, Texas; Nortex; 1975–84
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