Burditt Wells, Caldwell County, TX ~ The Plum Creek Almanac Project

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Burditt Wells ~ ca 1925

Burditt Wells was developed by Dr. H. M. Burditt in the 1870s near the western banks of the Clear Fork of Plum Creek. Dr. Burditt established a post office in 1878 and became postmaster; however, the office was discontinued the following year. In spite of the closure, Dr. Burditt sold several thousand gallons of the mineral water. He then built a hotel to accommodate visitors to the spa, and a spur was constructed from the San Antonio, Aransas Pass railroad to the hotel. The business grew and a real estate venture emerged to sell stock in the company. In 1910 a plat for a townsite was registered in the courthouse. By the mid 1900s the end came, no town was built, the hotel was torn down and the railroad spur was removed. The remains of the rail lines can be seen today in several places along County Road 207.

Source - Plum Creek Almanac, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall 1987 and Caldwell County Kin: The First 150 Years published by the Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County, November 2000.

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