Where is thompson texas

By the community had an estimated residents, who were served by a cotton gin, a general store, and two saloons. The community had a population of in In , the Thompson school district, surrounded by former plantations farmed predominantly by Black tenants, had three Black schools with pupils and one White school with eight pupils. From the s through the mids the town reported a population of seventy-five. The Cane Belt Railroad built a second line through the community in , and in the town included a school, a cotton gin, a store, and two churches.

In the community reported a population of ; in , 73; in , ; and in , The population was in This was Reed Hill's house, which is still owned by his family who lives in Houston.

On the knoll in front of Gina and John's house is where the black school used to be. Tennessee Edwards was one of the teachers. The school burned down around After that I belive the children were bussed to A. Jackson school in Rosenberg. Railroad tracks used to extend to the end of Stephen's lane and there were two railroad cars on the end of the track. Mr MacPherson kived in one and Walter Glenn lived in the other and the depot used to be open 24 hours day, five days a week and 16 hours on the weekend.

There used to be a long narrow yellow house, built six or seven feet off the ground behind the depot, This is where A. Lamb, the head depot agent, and his wife Mable lived. Ivory had a boy Billie who was a year younger than I was and a little girl. Max Shanks built the next house and lived in it. It is the house the Russaw's live in now. Max Shanks also worked in the store for Mr. The other houses east of Dry Bayou weren't here in the 30's and 40's.

The Methodist Church was right in this jungle, just past the bayou. It's grown into a jungle now. There was a little store here, A. Lamb, the depot agent's store.

Mrs Wilson ran it. Then there was the Lampley house there that burned about twenty-five years ago. It was a large frame house. Next was Bob Covington's barber shop. There were 3 slot machines in the barber shop and haircuts were 25 cents.

My parents use to give me 40 cents when it was time for a haircut. I would ride my bicycle to the barber shop and lose my 15 cents in the slot machine. Very seldom, would I get ahead a few nickels, when it happened I would quit playing. I think Bob also had a package store in the back. He later moved to Rosenberg and opened a package store across from Franks Pharmacy. There was a little wooden building here.

It was where Al Harris started his beer hall. Al Harris was an employee of Humble Oil Co. Later after Carl Loracella left Thompsons, Al moved his cafe to the garage. After Al passed away Jimmy Solomon bought the cafe. The building where Jimmy's place is now was a garage. Carl Laracella had two gas pumps in front and he had a small grocery store to the west of the garage.

Then his house was here too, and it's all gone now. Babe Bushnell and his wife had a saloon and a cafe to the right of Jimmy's Place and left of the Lampley house. It was a popular spot and a lot of oil field workers came here to drink and eat after work.

I have been told there were many good fights in the parking lot. The house here now is where Bruce Roberts lives. This building in poor repair in the brushes is where the Mexican school was.

Dorthy McCormic tought here. Most of the Mexican children's parents worked for Mr. Cleveland Mays used to have a mule and plow people's gardens for them in the spring and fall. There was a white, two room school house on the next block. In the first room there were grades th and in the second were th. Era Mae Kennedy Harper was the teacher for the th grade and Hilda Midtank was the teacher fir the th. After Mrs.

Midtank retired, Charlie Weigh from Boston taught until she retired and went back to Boston. In the school year the 7th and 8th grades were droped at the Thompsons school. The 7th and 8th grades then went to Richmond school.

Richmod and Rosenberg consolidated the two school districts in for the school year. The bus driver lived in Thompsons. Philips lived in a frame house where our house is now.

He kept the bus at his house at night. In the morning he would drive to the camp and pick up the children and drive them to town. He would spend the day in town, When school was out he would pick up the children and return them to Thompsons.

Later Antie Jones who lived in the camp drove the school bus. The bus was kept in the Humble Oil Co truck barn at the time. Shirley attended the 1st grade in Thompsons. There was only the 1st-3rd grades when she attended. After turning left at the next road it was noted that the road was overgrown. There were about seventy families that lived out here.

Shirley's uncle Frank and Robert lived in the Southwest corner of the camp. On the knoll east of Rabbs Bayou on the left side of the road is where Hope Jackson and his wife ran their beer hall. Hope's place burned down 40 years ago. Across the railroad tracks from Hope Jackson, on the Y. Jones ranch, there were 3 tennant farm houses.

There also was a lake and the Banks family lived on the east side of the lake. Before the country completed the drainage project on Rabbs Bayou, whick drained the lake, it was a favorite swimming hole. The water was clear and fifteen feet deep at the levy.

The children are: Robert Edwards, Dorthy, and Louise. Lou was a ranch foreman for Rudolf Gubbels. On the right hand side of the road is where Walter Newell, Alma, his wife and family lived. Tad Branch lived in a house next door and worked for Rudolf Gubbels. The Spears live at the end of the road. Annie Mae Godfrey use to live in a house that is gone. Around the bend Johnny Ulrich and Henry Faniel lived in their homes. Here is where the Dittman's lived.

Their house is still there on Rabbs Prairie Road. The Dittmans owned a touring car, I guess about a model. It had a windshield and was open around the sides. It had a canvas top. They'd come to the store once a week, always on Saturday morning.

She'd bring butter and eggs to trade for groceries. They had two sons and I believe both of them were killed in WWI. There used to be a school here, Rabbs Prairie School, and the teacher lived with the Dittmans. It was a white school. Around the curve there used to be a house that belonged to two old bachlor brothers, the Schmidt brothers. One time I was collecting bottles in the woods behind their house.

On an old oak tree that had been struck by lightening, fire had hollowed out the middle of the trunk. Where it had burned it was filled with mustard and ketchup bottles--those two old men must not have been very good cooks for they must've covered everything with mustard and ketchup. Never saw so many French's mustard jars. If you have suffered to read what I remember of Thompsons in the 's, 40's, and 50's I hope that no one has been offended.

Joines by his reckoning, spent 39 years, 6 months and 13 days in the Thompsons Oilfield, going to work in February 18th, Even though he retired on July 31, , Mr. Joines still holds the record for continuous employment in the Thompsons Oilfield. During all that time, he was absent only ten days! Although he can only account for eight. As you might imagine, Mr. Joines has witnessed many changes in the oil field. During the 39 and a half years, Joines says there were only six blowouts.

When the oil company offered to add three years of service and age toward his retirement, J. Joines retired.. He still lives on Y. He too remembers "the good old days", the summer picnics in the oil field camp, and the fast-pitch softball games. Thompsons Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church is over years old. In the year of , a group of Christian people were inspired by the Holey Spirit to organize this church. These Christians desired a place to worship in their own mannor, and that their children might be reared in the Baptist belief and traditions.

Education Gini index Inequality in education Here: Number of grocery stores : 66 This county : 1. State : 1. Number of supercenters and club stores : 8 Here : 0. State : 0. Number of convenience stores no gas : 56 Here : 1. Texas : 1. Number of convenience stores with gas : Here : 3. Texas : 3. Number of full-service restaurants : Fort Bend County : 4.

State : 6. Adult diabetes rate : Fort Bend County : 8. Adult obesity rate : Fort Bend County : Low-income preschool obesity rate : Fort Bend County : Healthy diet rate : Thompsons: Average overall health of teeth and gums : This city: Average BMI : This city: People feeling badly about themselves : Thompsons: People not drinking alcohol at all : Thompsons: Average hours sleeping at night : Thompsons: 6.

Overweight people : Thompsons: General health condition : This city: Average condition of hearing : Thompsons: Here: 9. Fort Bend County: 0. Here: 7. KBXX KHMX KLOL KKRW KAB Choose year: Remembering Dallas in the late 70ss replies.

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