Charles, your memories of Pony Creek and surrounding area are priceless. I would like to see what you remember about any other country schools, churches, cemeteries, stores, and post offices in Erath County. Tom Rogers --- "Charles A.Wyly" <wyly1@juno.com> wrote: > Hi, > Pony Creek did not join Chalk Mountain- Marble or > Martheal's Gap. > commonly called "Greasy" School was between them. > Brileys of Indian > Creek were related to McCartys and had attended > 'Greasy". it was near the > Howell Dairy and past the Bumper Gate road towards > the Paluxy. and the > other end went to Iredell back past Marshall > Sherrod's and through > Maratheal's Gap, east of Skipper's Gap. When Marble > closed as inactive, > Howells and McKnights came to Johnsville School and > others went to Chalk > Mountain school, before Pony Creek (Which was made > up of 3 smaller > schools), Chalk Mountain and Johnsville consolidated > to form the Three > Way School on Hiway 67 across from the newer > Johnsville store and the > Johnsville to Pony Creek road. On Hwy 67, the main > or Prarie branch of > the Duffau Creek crosses Hwy 67 twice, going south > the second time, then > you cross Pony Creek below the store, which runs > north to the Paluxy. The > Evans and Gillentine and Box- Pony Creek cemeteries > are between the North > branch of Duffau Creek and the Pony Creek. Tjhe Box > School was cleared on > weekends for dances or Community meals. > > Bro. Becker used to come out from Stephenville and > hold Summer Revival > Meetings under the Oak Trees at Pony Creek by the > church, where it was > cool. No tabernacle was used. Maurice Chandler and > Autrey Roberson built > the present benches in the church and the 3 Sunday > School rooms upstairs > in the attic. > > Some thought the water from the Evans- old Pony > Creek cemetery was > polluting the hand dug well between Pony Creek > Church and the old Box > Methodist Church School, and lodge hall. Johnsville > also had a 2 story > building across from Post Office and cotton gin - a > Lodge upstairs and a > former Blacksmith shop was used by us kids of > Johnsville School and > retired men for Horseshoes, Washer to, and > Dominoes. Next to it in > Marion Mills' pasture was the Johnsville Baseball > field used by Bosque > Valley League. Billy Joe Stasey had left the Roswell > team to farm the > Chalk Mountain home place and pitched for > Johnsville against White > Settlement, Iredell, Dublin?, Tolar some, and > Grandbury on Sunday > afternoons. A Pony Creek Baptist Deacon and > Johnsville Church of Christ > Elder went to Stephenville together to a Judge who > ordered that charging > on Sundays was a violation of State Blue Laws of > Sunday Observance, sote > custom, was begun to pass the hat through the fans. > > Cled Pruitt of Purves taught us at Johnsville in the > "Big Room" and was > the Principal . Connie Herring, Ruby Beach > Rumph,Clara Atkins, and others > had taught in the "Little Room"- grades 1 to 4. 4 > th graders taught > some spelling and reading to first graders and in > doing so, helped > themselves to better education. > > Cled's brother M.B. became a Baptist pastor and > pastored at Pony Creek > while attending Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth. > He later pastored a > large church near Mesquite, Texas. . He told us one > Sunday that at one > time he could see 4 to > 6 fires "Burning Cedar Brush" where people were > cooking off Moonshine. We > could see the ridge towards Comanche Peak and some > other Hood and > Somerville County hills across the Paluxy from the > area. Howard Keith > of Stephenville- Dublin area also pastored there and > Cedar Point, as did > Bro. Holt from Bluff Dale. > > Lost yet? > > Charles A. Wyly > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:50:21 -0800 Peggy Broughton > <peggyj@our-town.com> > writes: > > According to a map I have of the creeks in Erath > County, it is some > > where > > around Chalk Mountain, I know there was a > community there at one > > time. > > The Handbook on line doesn't tell much about it. > > > > Peggy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <mygen@att.net> > > To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:55 PM > > Subject: [ERATH] Pony Creek > > > > > > > Can any one tell me where Pony Creek is in Erath > County? > > > > > > Margaret > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com > http://www.selfroots.com > > > Unsubscribe request To: > TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > ARCHIVES: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com > http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: > TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ARCHIVES: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com > http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: > TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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