Pisgah, Texas
Pisgah | |
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  Pisgah Location in Texas | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′00″N 96°29′27″W / 31.88321590°N 96.49081660°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Navarro |
Pisgah is a ghost town in Navarro County, Texas, United States.
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 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]- ^ Association, Texas State Historical. "Pisgah, TX (Navarro County)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ 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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