LEES AKA LEES STORE

NAME: Lees aka Lees Store COUNTY: Glasscock ROADS: 2WD GRID: 3 CLIMATE: Hot Summers, Cold Winters BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any

COMMENTS: Nothing to see anymore, tumble weeds, cows, barbed wire and rattle snakes. REMAINS: None

LEES, TEXAS. Lees is at the intersection of Farm roads 33 and 461. The community was established in 1907 by Dr. E. A. Lee, who built a sanatorium there for his patients and opened a store and post office. In 1906 a school called Lucien Wells was built at the site; during the 1906-07 school year it had twenty-five students and one teacher. Lee bought a section of land in 1909, laid out a town site, and moved the post office to the site. Around 1914 the town had twenty-five residents, two general stores, a printing company, a physician, and a cattle breeder. The post office closed in 1917. At one time Lees had a church, a garage, and a newspaper, the Reporter, which was published for two years and used mainly to sell surrounding land and to publicize the county. Oil discoveries brought a surge of activity, and for a brief period the settlement grew to about 100 houses. By the 1930s, however, the town had declined. Lee's hotel was destroyed by a fire around 1935, and the school closed about three years later. A population of twenty-five and one commercial building were reported there in the 1940s. County maps in the 1980s indicated a rural settlement with one business. Submitted by: Chris

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