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Ashwood Depot Replica
James Reeves pictured

Photo courtesy of the Matagorda County Museum
 

Ashwood For Kids

Ashwood Article - Handbook of Texas

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Caney House

Chastun-Hanson Cemetery

Mt. Olivet Cemetery

Smith Plantation

Union Baptist Church Cemetery

Jessie P. Chastun Family

Anton Hansen Family
 


Ashwood News


Mr. A. D. Thompson and Mr. Lee Rugeley of Van Vleck, were here on business Saturday.

 

Miss Helen Smith, who has been visiting in Austin for the past two months, returned home Thursday, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Grady Puryear, and little son, and Mr. Garland Puryear and Mr. Wiley.

 

This nice sunshine looks fine after so many weeks of rain, and our roads which have been impassable are getting dry again. Here's hoping our road will be finished before school opens.

 

Mr. Dick Paulk, of Palacios, was visiting friends here Saturday.

 

Mr. C. L. Smith returned home Friday from Chicago, where he has been attending Coyne Electrical school from which he graduated and finished up other work in the prescribed time.

 

Mrs. Fred Gernand was a business visitor to Bay City Thursday.

 

Miss Melba Ewing, of Van Vleck, was visiting here Sunday.

 

Mrs. Grady Puryear returned to her home in Austin Friday, accompanied by her sister, Miss Eva Smith.

 

Mr. Cecil Harrison, of Bay City, was calling on friends here Sunday.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown and children of Sugar Valley spent Sunday with friends here.

 

The troop trains passing through Saturday and Sunday looked like war times.

 

Some of the farmers have begun to gather their corn and if this good weather holds up, cotton will soon be ready to pick.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Walker were in Newgulf on business this week.

 

Mrs. Hanson was a visitor to Bay City last week.

 

Miss Cassie Hanson, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. E. DeRoch, in Newgulf, returned home Wednesday.

 

Miss Minnie Cain, of Bay City, visited her aunt, Mrs. Jess Walker, here Monday.
 

The Daily Tribune, Thursday, August 8, 1929

 




Ashwood School 1923

Photo courtesy of the Matagorda County Museum
 


 

Hubbard and Stark Logging Operations

Mr. Hubbard had a sawmill east of Ashwood about one mile from the Depot near Linville Bayou.
 


 

 

 

 

Pictures courtesy of Charlene Meyerdirk, Patricia Massey, Henry Hanson and Matagorda County Museum.
 

 

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