PUTNAM, TEXAS. Putnam, on U.S. Highway
80/20 ten miles east of Baird in eastern
Callahan County, was established with the
construction of the Texas and Pacific
Railway in 1880. The community was called
Catclaw until the first post office opened in
1882, when it was possibly named for Gen.
Israel Putnam, a hero of the American
Revolution. A company organized in 1910
planned to make Putnam a health resort to
exploit local mineral water, but promoters
could not compete with the
well-established resort town of Mineral
Wells. Fruit raising and oil production
proved more capable of sustaining the
town. The population was 250 in 1890 and
487 in 1940 but declined to 116 by 1980. A
resident, J. H. Burkett, discovered the
original papershell pecan tree east of
Putnam (see ORIGINAL BURKETT PECAN). In
1990 the population was 103. The
population was eighty-eight in 2000.
"Seller lives in Desoto, Texas"
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80/20 ten miles east of Baird in eastern
Callahan County, was established with the
construction of the Texas and Pacific
Railway in 1880. The community was called
Catclaw until the first post office opened in
1882, when it was possibly named for Gen.
Israel Putnam, a hero of the American
Revolution. A company organized in 1910
planned to make Putnam a health resort to
exploit local mineral water, but promoters
could not compete with the
well-established resort town of Mineral
Wells. Fruit raising and oil production
proved more capable of sustaining the
town. The population was 250 in 1890 and
487 in 1940 but declined to 116 by 1980. A
resident, J. H. Burkett, discovered the
original papershell pecan tree east of
Putnam (see ORIGINAL BURKETT PECAN). In
1990 the population was 103. The
population was eighty-eight in 2000.
"Seller lives in Desoto, Texas"
Click on images to enlarge
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