Bead-Loco Silver Blue Green Glass Teardrop TB
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Owner:
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shellbadger
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Released:
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Sunday, April 26, 2015
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Origin:
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Texas, United States
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Unknown Location
This is not collectible.
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This is one of a series of large beads obtained from different places and converted into travel bugs. They are named for Texas towns with interesting names or histories.
Loco is in north central Childress County. It was named for the locoweed that grew in the area. Early settlers arrived in the 1880s and included the families of Walter Campbell, Bobby Payne, and Dick Brown. The community's post office was established in November 1892 and located six miles south of the present site. This post office was moved to several farmsteads before it was discontinued in 1908, and mail was sent to the nearby community of Arlie.
In 1901 Loco grew slightly, when the Buck Creek school district was organized in Childress County. By 1925 Loco had three stores, two churches, a blacksmith shop, and a cotton gin. In 1930 the Arlie post office, established in 1888, was renamed and moved to Loco, where it remained in operation until 1964. In 1946 the community had a dozen families as permanent residents, but improved transportation has
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