Dably Springs - Texas Ghost Town

DALBY SPRINGS

NAME: Dalby Springs
COUNTY: Bowie
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 4
CLIMATE: Mild winters & humidy summers
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall

COMMENTS: Its a community now, approximately south of 17 miles De Kalb on FM 561. It has store, Sulfur Spring water which is Red in color, 125 year Methodist Church, Cemetery. It had 2 hotels and DryGoods store.
REMAINS: One store, hand pump sulfur spring water, and Methodist Church.

Est. about 1830 early settlement of Northeast Texas. It had 2 hotels, drygoods store, Methodist Church, Bottling plant of sulfur spring water. It went down about 1940. Some of family names were the Pirkey's, Dalby's, Hughes'.more on Dalby Springs, Tx It has 4 stores, blacksmith shop, cottongin, gris mill, school, its population was about 4 to 5 hundred 1920, a lot more during spring of year, the spring water was thought to have some medical good. People would drink and bath in it. It contained a lot of sulfur, being red in color, it is near Sulfur River. More families name around there were Proctor, Lumpkins. Hornbuckle. In the early 20's a black man was hung, and in the early thirties a man by the name of Clutely Richards killed Harvey Tutt. Tutt was said to a bad man. Sam Hall would have killed him if someone hadn't stopped him. Submitted by: Michael L. Humphries	1839 Methodist Church Historical Marker Sulfur water well Store at Dalby Springs Dalby Springs Cemetery Courtesy Trina Haynes

Est. about 1830 early settlement of Northeast Texas. It had 2 hotels, drygoods store, Methodist Church, Bottling plant of sulfur spring water. It went down about 1940. Some of family names were the Pirkey's, Dalby's, Hughes'.more on Dalby Springs, Tx It has 4 stores, blacksmith shop, cottongin, gris
mill, school, its population was about 4 to 5 hundred 1920, a lot more during spring of year, the spring water was thought to have some medical good. People would drink and bath in it. It contained a lot of sulfur, being red in color,
it is near Sulfur River. More families name around there were Proctor, Lumpkins. Hornbuckle. In the early 20's a black man was hung, and in the early thirties a man by the name of Clutely Richards killed Harvey Tutt. Tutt was said to a bad man. Sam Hall would have killed him if someone hadn't stopped him.

Submitted by: Michael L. Humphries

1839 Methodist Church

Historical Marker

Sulfur water well

Store at Dalby Springs

Dalby Springs Cemetery
Courtesy Trina Haynes

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