Celotex Texas Traditional Cache
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You are searching for a medicine bottle size camo wrapped can. Not
on the factory property. Factory is on private property so please
stay out. Do not cross the fence! The owner of the surrounding land
does not want you on his property. The cache is on public land.
This industrial town was named Plasterco for a gypsum plant (wall
board) that was moved from Goodlett to Fisher County in 1907, after
the Orient Railroad had built into the area. By the late 1920s the
plant owned seventy-two company houses for workers. A commissary
established at the site served all area settlers. The company built
a community center with a seating capacity of 400 that functioned
also as a church and movie theater. A school, several churches, a
golf course, and other sports facilities were available. Although
production declined during the late 1920s and 1930s as a result of
the Great Depression, the industry survived. On March 15, 1945,
Celotex Corporation bought the plant and changed the community's
name to Celotex. The population was 100 in 1947, when the school
was consolidated with the Hamlin schools. The Celotex community and
industry still appeared on 1980 county maps, and the community was
still listed in 1990. Plasterco Lake, on a branch of California
Creek, is northwest of the factory.
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