Bowie County's Bounty of Bostons
January 14, 2009
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Now, follow me on this. Suppose this man -- Boston -- wandered into the area when it was still being settled. Further suppose this business-minded Boston had a wagonload of goods and no place to sell them. Of course, a town would be a perfect place to sell his goods but, unfortunately at that time, the scattered settlers in the area hadn’t gotten around to making one. They were too busy being chased by Indians and bears.
Suppose Boston found a clearing at the southernmost location -- the place now known as "Old Boston" -- and, being opportunistic, decided to put a town there. Back then, probably all he had to do was put a tarp roof over the trade goods in the back of his wagon and stick a town sign in the ground. And, no doubt, it wouldn’t have escaped Mr. Boston’s entrepreneurial mind to put his own name on the town sign.
Suppose then, no sooner than the settlers around there discovered there was a town in the neighborhood, the nomadic Boston changed his mind, picked up his roof and goods, and moved a few miles north to the middle place, taking the town sign with him. Maybe he stayed there a while until the chiggers got too bad and then he moved even further north, again taking the town sign with him.
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