DOOLE or GANSEL
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DOOLE or GANSEL |
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NAME: Doole
or Gansel COUNTY: McCulloch ROADS: 2WD GRID: 3 CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall |
COMMENTS:
Near Brady. REMAINS: Cement Bleachers, foundations. |
| The population of Doole never exceeded 250 inhabitants and that was during the 1930s and 1940s. The town was first inhabited in 1908 with the building of a school for the children of ranchers and farmers in the area. The school was the town's first building. The first stores were built in 1910. A short while later, the community felt the need for a post office and made application for one to be called Gansel. The postmaster of a neighboring town, a David Doole Jr., provided instructions on how to proceed. Postal Authorities denied the request to use the name Gansel. As a gesture of appreciation for the help provided by David Doole Jr., the name Doole was submitted and approved. The school was the primary building in town, having a football and baseball field with permanent cement bleachers. After World War II, the town began to loose its residential population due to the consolidation of agriculture and the resultant decline of small family farms. The school buildings are gone but the cement bleachers remain giving the appearance of the ruins of a Roman amphitheater. Doole can be seen at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 503 with Farm to Market Road 765 in extreme western McCulloch County. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth |
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