Blast from the Past

  • First grade Dowell 1941-42, Mrs. Gerald Collingsworth, teacher. Front row; L-R unknown, Arthur D. Greenway, Glena Faye Harrison, Jim Ashley, Eloisa Macias Back row; Mrs. Collingsworth, Medva Gartman, Darrell Hale, Jimmy Frank Wright, Doyce Ray Waddell, unknown, Frank Dean Montgomery
    First grade Dowell 1941-42, Mrs. Gerald Collingsworth, teacher. Front row; L-R unknown, Arthur D. Greenway, Glena Faye Harrison, Jim Ashley, Eloisa Macias Back row; Mrs. Collingsworth, Medva Gartman, Darrell Hale, Jimmy Frank Wright, Doyce Ray Waddell, unknown, Frank Dean Montgomery
    DOWELL, TX.Dowell, four miles northeast of Rotan in northern Fisher County, was established around 1885 and named for the Dowell family, early settlers in the area. E. H. Dowell moved there from Nebraska in 1886, opened a store in his home, and became postmaster when the post office opened in 1892. In 1896 the community reported a Baptist church and a population of eight, including J. F. Dowell...

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