The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mexia was founded as a town in the 19th century. Inhabitants occupied the Fort Parker settlement near the Navasota river. The area is near where the rolling hills of the great plains begin. The hills provided grazing land for the buffalo herds, which plains Indians depended upon for sustenance. Many hunting artifacts from Native American people have been found in the creek beds and draws around Mexia. The Comanche tribe came into conflict with the white settlers in this area. The abduction of Cynthia Ann Parker took place at Fort Parker. Comanches raided the fort and took the nine-year-old Parker girl. She lived among the Comanche people into adulthood and was the mother of Quanah Parker, the last Comanche war chief.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Mexia’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mexia’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, T…, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Mexia
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Mexia, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Mexia is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mexia has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Johnston, Joseph E., Confederate Reunion Grounds in Mexia, 5.6 miles away.
Mexia and the nearest listed places
Closest to Mexia
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1908 - DPLA - 2fc4e4be99450d798c24d81… (1908) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.