Cisco’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Cisco. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cisco, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 183 and Interstate 20 in northwestern Eastland County, traces its history back to 1878 or 1879, when Rev. C. G. Stevens arrived in the area, established a post office and a church, and called the frontier settlement "Red Gap". About six families were already living nearby, and W. T. Caldwell was running a store a half mile to the west. In 1881, the Houston and Texas Central Railway crossed the Texas and Pacific, which had come through the year before, at a point near Red Gap, and the settlement's inhabitants moved their town to the crossing. The date the rails crossed, May 17, 1881, is considered by some to be Cisco's "birthday". Three years later, the town was officially recognized and a new post office granted; the town's name was changed to "Cisco" for John J. Cisco, a New York financier largely responsible for the building of the Houston an…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cisco’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cisco’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Ten Commandments (1923) - 3, 1925: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Cisco
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Cisco, decade by decade
1910s
1990s
LOCLikeness of the Texas Lone Star state flag, painted on the …2014
LOCLikeness of the Texas Lone Star state flag, painted on the …2014
LOCThe old Mobley Hotel2014
LOCThe old Mobley Hotel2014
CommonsSign for the old Man's Store antiques and collectibles busi…2014
CommonsLikeness of the Texas Lone Star state flag, painted on the …2014
CommonsLarge mural on an exterior wall of the building housing the…2014
CommonsAn old bank clock that once stood outside the First Nationa…2014
CommonsA long Union Pacific freight train approaches near2014Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Ten Commandments (1923) - 3 (1925) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (8) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.