Fry - Texas Ghost Town

FRY

NAME: Fry
COUNTY: Brown
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall

COMMENTS: Near Hords Creek Lake.
REMAINS: Ruins only.

Boom towns are here today and gone tomorrow. Fry was an oil boomtown. The town was born in 1926 and died in 1934. During the span of eight years, the town of Fry captured the attention of thousands that came to the newly discovered oil field with the hope of making their fortune. It all started when a James W. Quinn and two partners bought leases covering 876 acres from ranchers and farmers, most of them members of the Fry family. Production from the Fry field was enormous, so much so that oil transportation was a major problem. Nor only were pipelines laid to transport oil to outside connections, but two refineries were constructed to handle the production. By 1934, the annual production had declined so drastically that it equaled only that of a single month in 1927. The end was in sight for Fry. It is now a ghost town. All that is left are some concrete footings and sidewalks that lead to nowhere. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth	Fry Courtesy Dan Gulino Fry Courtesy Dan Gulino

Boom towns are here today and gone tomorrow. Fry was an oil boomtown. The town was born in 1926 and died in 1934. During the span of eight years, the town of Fry captured the attention of thousands that came to the newly discovered oil field with the hope of making their fortune. It all started when a James W. Quinn and two partners bought leases covering 876 acres from ranchers and farmers, most of them members of the Fry family. Production from the Fry field was enormous, so much so that oil transportation was a major problem. Nor only were pipelines laid to transport oil to outside connections, but two refineries were constructed to handle the production. By 1934, the annual production had declined so drastically that it equaled only that of a single month in 1927. The end was in sight for Fry. It is now a ghost town. All that is left are some concrete footings and sidewalks that lead to nowhere. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

Fry
Courtesy Dan Gulino

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