@@DSBac since this is on private land will you ever do a video where you could see it in person and explain where more of what the place looks like now and where the buildings may have been located?
@@gardenantqsMy brief history video on my channel shows some stills and video of what it looks like today, but aside from the historical marker and the few grave stones, there’s not much to see with the naked eye. That said, I’ve been discussing some future plans with the Walker County Historical Society to see what could be done to preserve and recover some of the town. It will require the cooperation of my cousin who owns the property. So, I’m hoping one day I could do a video like that, but there will be a lot that needs to happen before I can make one worth while. But there’s hope it will happen!
That old deep bend in the river might have been dug out to hold a long wharf where steamboats could tie up for loading brakes of cotton and have enough room to turn around to head back to the Gulf. That town had an estimated population of 600 in 1853 when someone brought in yellow fever to the community. That killed around 250 people which should explain why there's 2 or 3 graveyards. A good number of residents left and never returned. It completely died when a Dallas to Houston RR crossed the Trinity River 15 miles downstream from the hamlet of now 35 residents. The only remains of that town should be the cemeteries and the trash dump. Nearby residents usually dismantled the structures in abandoned towns for their lumber, brick, stone and tin roofing. What was left behind was raked up to be burned, melted down as scrap or dumped in the trash dump so it wouldn't interfere with plowing the site for row crops. The old dirt roads in East Texas became sunken lanes due to rain runoff washing away the mud and then the wind blowing away the dry dusty dirt. The old roads there may have had thin soils sitting on top of rocks so wouldn't show up as sunken depressions on Lidar. That bend in the river appeared to have some sand bars. The ACoE probably built a levee there to stop erosion and added fill to bring it above the water table.
My mother grew up in Cline's Prairie during the 1930s so I was aware of Cincinati. My aunt wrote a paper on the town back in 1936 and it was included in the Walker County History that was published in 1986. There is two articles in that book on Cincinati. I still own some land nearby. I'm guessing the old town was south of the river, west of the Estelle Unit, and east of Indian Camp Road?
@@gsmith6097 yes, it’s west and a little north of Estelle and east of Indian Camp road. I have the Walker County History book you mentioned and I’m familiar with the article as well. One of my cousins wrote a book loosely based on real events in my family history that are all centered around Cincinnati. It’s called, No Holier Spot of Ground.👍🏻
I was just talking about Cincinnati Texas today. I love learning about our local history. Thanks for this info.
@@gardenantqs Good to hear! Glad you enjoyed the video! 👍🏻
@@DSBac since this is on private land will you ever do a video where you could see it in person and explain where more of what the place looks like now and where the buildings may have been located?
@@gardenantqsMy brief history video on my channel shows some stills and video of what it looks like today, but aside from the historical marker and the few grave stones, there’s not much to see with the naked eye.
That said, I’ve been discussing some future plans with the Walker County Historical Society to see what could be done to preserve and recover some of the town.
It will require the cooperation of my cousin who owns the property.
So, I’m hoping one day I could do a video like that, but there will be a lot that needs to happen before I can make one worth while. But there’s hope it will happen!
That old deep bend in the river might have been dug out to hold a long wharf where steamboats could tie up for loading brakes of cotton and have enough room to turn around to head back to the Gulf. That town had an estimated population of 600 in 1853 when someone brought in yellow fever to the community. That killed around 250 people which should explain why there's 2 or 3 graveyards. A good number of residents left and never returned. It completely died when a Dallas to Houston RR crossed the Trinity River 15 miles downstream from the hamlet of now 35 residents. The only remains of that town should be the cemeteries and the trash dump. Nearby residents usually dismantled the structures in abandoned towns for their lumber, brick, stone and tin roofing. What was left behind was raked up to be burned, melted down as scrap or dumped in the trash dump so it wouldn't interfere with plowing the site for row crops. The old dirt roads in East Texas became sunken lanes due to rain runoff washing away the mud and then the wind blowing away the dry dusty dirt. The old roads there may have had thin soils sitting on top of rocks so wouldn't show up as sunken depressions on Lidar. That bend in the river appeared to have some sand bars. The ACoE probably built a levee there to stop erosion and added fill to bring it above the water table.
My mother grew up in Cline's Prairie during the 1930s so I was aware of Cincinati. My aunt wrote a paper on the town back in 1936 and it was included in the Walker County History that was published in 1986. There is two articles in that book on Cincinati. I still own some land nearby. I'm guessing the old town was south of the river, west of the Estelle Unit, and east of Indian Camp Road?
@@gsmith6097 yes, it’s west and a little north of Estelle and east of Indian Camp road.
I have the Walker County History book you mentioned and I’m familiar with the article as well.
One of my cousins wrote a book loosely based on real events in my family history that are all centered around Cincinnati. It’s called, No Holier Spot of Ground.👍🏻