1890 Letter FLOYD COUNTY Ghost Town DELLA PLAIN TEXAS J Poole FLOYDADA LOCKNEY

Description

PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING:
I sell ONLY ORIGINAL items and NOT ANY reproductions.
This sale is for ONE
advertising
LETTERHEAD
from the office of
J. A. P
OO
LE ,
"
staple and fancy groceries and
provisions, on the West side of the Public
Square"
during the year
of  circa
1890
(somewhere between 1890-94.. my guess
is 1890, 91 or 92, read below)
,
in the now ghost town of
D
E
L
L
A
P
L
A
I
N
, T
E
X
A
S .
The content of this letter is about the selling of land in this
Floyd County.
This letter was hand written
and signed by
H. G. P
OO
LE .
CONDITION:
The "EBAY ITEM" thing is just a loose piece of paper that is not attached to the letterhead.  The letterhead has normal letter folds, several, original filing holes across the top, a few pinholes but,  is still in good condition
The approximate size of letterhead is 8 1/2" X 11".
HIST
O
RICAL N
O
TES:
DELLA PLAIN, TEXAS
.
Della Plain was five miles north of
Floydada
on Highway 207
near the center of
Floyd County.
It was the first community in what was to become Floyd County and was founded in 1887
by rancher
Tom J. Braidfoot
and cousins
John R.
and
Jim S. McLain
and named for
Jim McLain's daughter, Della.
A store was built there in 1887,
and a post office operated from 1888 to 1893. In 1890 the Della Plain Male and Female Institute opened but moved to Floydada a year later. The Della Plain
Review
was published from 1889 to 1891, but the loss of the county seat election in 1890 and a poor local water supply finished the community.
In 1894 its houses were moved to nearby
Lockney,
and in the early 1900s the site was planted in cotton. A roadside historical marker indicates the location of the former town.
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