Dumas’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Dumas. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1870, a planter, merchant and surveyor of French descent, William B. Dumas, bought acres of farmland from the Abercrombie Holmes family. The area was named Watson District and the town continued to develop. The district was renamed Dumas and was incorporated in 1904.
Dumas proudly proclaims itself as "Home of the Ding Dong Daddy", a reference to the vaudeville song "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" by Phil Baxter. However, this is up for debate, as the city of Dumas, Texas, also lays claim, with some documentation, to the song being about them.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Dumas’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dumas’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDumasMadButcherDec89, 1989: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Dumas, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as DumasMadButcherDec89 (1989) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.