TGT: Blue Gap Traditional Cache
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Blue Gap was near the Coleman County line 25 miles northeast of
Ballinger, in extreme northeastern Runnels County. A log post
office, established here in February 1878 with James K. Paulk as
postmaster, was the first in the county; it was, in fact, founded
before the county was organized in 1880. The town site was named
for a pass through nearby Table Mountain. For a short time Blue Gap
was a stop on the Round Rock-Buffalo Gap stage line. The community
was short lived, however, and its post office was discontinued in
March 1881. After many years of misuse the building was restored in
the 1960's. In 2003 the land changed hands and the new owner wanted
to tear down the building. To salvage what was left a crew from the
Z.I. Hale Museum dismantled the post office and moved it to the
storage room of the museum. They are planing to restore the post
office to its former glory on a site in Winters.
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