Moran - Next Three Exits 2 Traditional Cache
Moran - Next Three Exits 2
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Pioneers came to this area as early as the 1860s. During the Civil War (1861-65), they built the temporary fortress settlement of Mugginsville on Deep Creek. At one time, a branch of the western cattle trail passed nearby. Population increased after the arrival of the Texas Central Railroad in 1881. The town of Moran was established by Swope Hull, who operated a grocery store at the rail crossing on Deep Creek in 1883. He was postmaster of the community's first post office, called "Hulltown," which opened August 29, 1883. Hull bought 160 acres and platted a townsite in March 1884. Most of the property was bought by I. B. (BEM) Scott, who sold his interests in 1890 to M. D. Bray (1845-1926), a prominent local merchant and landowner. The town's name was changed in 1890 to "Hicks" and in 1892 to "Moran" for Texas Central Railroad president John J. Moran. A newspaper was begun in 1895 and bank in 1902. Incorporated in 1919, Moran was a shipping point for drilling supplies during the oil and gas boom of 1910-30. The bank that is across the street has a story. A couple of burglars tried to break in at night back in the ‘60s. They got into the bank but couldn’t get into the vault. They did damage all around the vault, but no luck with actually getting to the money. Through a small hole in the wall they were able to barely reach sacks of pennies (they were not in the vault). It took them hours to get around $600 worth of pennies. They actually have pictures of the damage that was done in the bank. How do you spend $600 in pennies? The Doppler radar for the weather is in Moran. But the weathermen ALWAYS pronounce “Moran” wrong.
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