Off The Beaten Path In Texas

[joe817]

Just came across a new section that caught my eye:

TOADSUCK, TEXAS. Toadsuck, originally called Toadsuck Saloon, later became part of Collinsville in western Grayson County. Settlers arrived in the area in the late 1850s, and in 1869 a townsite was surveyed near Toadsuck Saloon, then located a half mile southeast of what is now the site of Collinsville. The town of Toadsuck took the name of the saloon. It may have been named by John Jones, an early settler and mill owner, after the city of Toadsuck, Arkansas. According to legend, the name was originally a reference to men consuming liquor until they swelled up like toads. However, the word "suck" was also commonly used in the region as a term for a whirlpool in a river. Hence, the town name may have simply meant "toad whirlpool." In 1869 William (Alfalfa Bill) Henry David Murray, who later became a notable Oklahoma governor, was born in Toadsuck. The Texas and Pacific line was built within three quarters of a mile of Toadsuck in 1880, and by 1887 most of its businesses and residents had moved to the tracks. The railroad town was named Collinsville when it was incorporated in the 1890s.

[SewTexas]

I love this type of story

[joe817]

Thanks DXer for the additional info!

SewTexas, so do I. I just with I could find more stories like this.

[The Annoyed Man]

Thanks DXer for the additional info!

SewTexas, so do I. I just with I could find more stories like this.

I love the names of all these little towns that sound so interesting. There's "Bug Tussle, TX" ... and back in the 1970s, I used to hitchhike between College Station and Austin on the weekends, and pass through "Dime Box, TX". I don't know the stories, but they've got to be good.

[joe817]

Thanks DXer for the additional info!

SewTexas, so do I. I just with I could find more stories like this.

I love the names of all these little towns that sound so interesting. There's "Bug Tussle, TX" ... and back in the 1970s, I used to hitchhike between College Station and Austin on the weekends, and pass through "Dime Box, TX". I don't know the stories, but they've got to be good.

Thanks for the idea TAM! Already working on it!