Calf Creek or Tucker or Deland

CALF CREEK or TUCKER or DELAND

NAME: Calf Creek or Tucker or Deland
COUNTY: Mcculloch
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall

COMMENTS: Near Brady.
REMAINS: Cemetery and a few foundations.

Calf Creek is known more for an event that occurred before its founding rather than for its existence as a town. The event was a fight between Jim Bowie and ten companions against an overwhelming number of Indians in 1831 won by Bowie, et al. Ranchers began populating the area in the 1870s and 80s. The town was originally named Deland, then Tucker and finally Calf Creek. The first two names are family names of landowners where the town was then situated. Calf Creek was the name of a stream where the early ranchers built a corral for calves during weaning. Over a period of time, the town actually moved two different times, finally settling in what is now Calf Creek which is a true ghost town. Still standing is a four-room concrete block schoolhouse built in1921, a large cemetery and foundations of several former buildings. Calf Creek is in southern McCulloch County. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth	Calf Creek Courtesy Daniel Gulino Calf Creek Courtesy Daniel Gulino

Calf Creek is known more for an event that occurred before its founding rather than for its existence as a town. The event was a fight between Jim Bowie and ten companions against an overwhelming number of Indians in 1831 won by Bowie, et al. Ranchers began populating the area in the 1870s and 80s. The town was originally named Deland, then Tucker and finally Calf Creek. The first two names are family names of landowners where the town was then situated. Calf Creek was the name of a stream where the early ranchers built a corral for calves during weaning. Over a period of time, the town actually moved two different times, finally settling in what is now Calf Creek which is a true ghost town. Still standing is a four-room concrete block schoolhouse built in1921, a large cemetery and foundations of several former buildings. Calf Creek is in southern McCulloch County. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

Calf Creek
Courtesy Daniel Gulino

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