| Howland Memories |

| So, you may ask, where's Howland? Howland is in my (Robin!)'s home county, Lamar, and lies about 100 miles northeast of Dallas. Howland was settled in the 1880s, and at first operated under the name of Grove, but was re-named either to honor (and gain favor, perhaps?) a local railroad owner, or was asked to get a new name because of postal confusions with nearby Honey Grove. Howland was quite a large town in its day, with stores, cotton gins, doctor's offices, and a school. Before the Great Depression wiped out many of the area farms, the downtown held over 12 businesses. By the 1960s, however, the railroad ceased coming through Howland, and the town gradually diminished in size. Howland is yet another ghost on the Texas prairie. |
