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Brooks Blacksmith Shop |
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903 Sonny Curtis Street, Meadow,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
33° 20' 13.34551999992",
-102° 12' 25.1993900016"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
The town of Meadow developed in the early 20th century, moving to meet the railroad in this location in 1917. In 1922, O.L. Puthuff built a blacksmith shop on this site. By that time, brothers Leslie and Herschel F. Brooks, Alabama natives, had moved to Meadow. World War I veterans, the brothers built and implemented water drilling equipment. Leslie wed Audrey Maddox, and her father, John, bought the shop in 1923. John and Leslie became partners in the three-generation Brooks Blacksmith Shop. In the mid-1950s, Leslie's two older sons took over the business. The shop, which closed in 1996, provided vital services to area farms and ranches, and was a social gathering place for Meadow residents. (2004)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Brooks Blacksmith Shop Historical Marker Location Map, Meadow, Texas
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