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Rebecca Gallegos
Author Rebecca Gallegos is a teacher and writer with a bachelor�s degree from Chapman University who resides in Keller. For this collection, she gathered vintage images with help from the Keller Lions Club and from private collections.
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INTRODUCTION
In August 1881, a site was surveyed for a new town called Athol, which was to be located on 40 acres near Double Springs, an already flourishing community, in the lower eastern region of Cross Timbers. In a letter dated 1916, Dr. T. R. Allen, an original pioneer of Athol, wrote:
Here we found the country which has been most wonderfully blessed by the Architect of Nature, a soil as rich as craving of man could wish for, and timber, water and grass in an abundance, and sufficient of the sunshine and the showers, besides the woodlands were lined with wild deer and turkey, and fine herds of antelope on the prairies the year round, the buffalo was there during the winter season. We found upon arrival in this section two small bands of natives, the Caddos and Seminole Indians, they were friendly disposed with us and so remained for many years.
Each farmer planned his crop to meet his own needs and provide seeds for next year’s plantings. There was little reason to raise a surplus since there were no nearby markets to sell it. Since most of the area was unfenced, cattle and other livestock grazed on open ranges. When beef was butchered, the meat was divided among the neighbors.
On July 13, 1850, a meeting was held in the home of Daniel Barcroft with seven other charter members of the community to form Mt. Gilead Church, including John A. Freeman; Iraneaus Neace and his wife, Lucinda; Parmelia Allen; Abby Dunham; and two slaves, Ambrose and Carolin. A log cabin was built in 1851 and served as a schoolhouse on weekdays during the school term, which did not begin until the cotton crop was picked and had to end before the next planting season. American Indians roamed the area, and though few raids were made on settlements, a band of Indians burned the log church in 1859. Worship services had to be held elsewhere, and eventually the church was rebuilt. The Mt. Gilead Cemetery lies north and across the road from the church. Many of the gravestones bear the names of fourth- and fifth-generational descendents who still live in Keller.
Land grants varied in size: a single man could homestead 160 acres, a man with a family could get 320 acres, and a veteran who had served in the Texas War for Independence (1836) could claim as much as 640 acres. After the free land was claimed, later settlers could buy land ranging from 25¢ to $1 per