Moscow Memories 1841 To 1961 (Historical and similar items

MOSCOW MEMORIES 1841 to 1961 (Historical Section Only) Published by the Parent - Teacher Association, Moscow Elementary School #1, Moscow Independent School District, Moscow, Texas 8" x 10.75", 80 page cloth hardcover (no dustjacket, as issued) One hundred and twenty years of the history of Moscow, Texas, an unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas, United States. Moscow is at the junction of U.S. Highway 59 and Farm to Market Road 350, ninety miles north of Houston in central Polk County. David and Matilda Green first settled the area in the 1840s. The first post office was established in 1847 under Green's name. The community's name was changed to Moscow, after Moscow, Russia, in 1853 as the postal authorities deemed the proposed name of Greenville as being too similar to Greensboro, Texas. The First Baptist Church was established in 1849. Moscow became a trading center for Polk County farmers during the latter 1850s and a stage stop on the Liberty-Nacogdoches Road, with cotton gins, shops, saloons and a hotel. The town was noted for its school, the Moscow Masonic Academy (or Moscow Masonic High School depending on source). Built in 1853 as the Moscow Masonic Male and Female Academy, the institution served the community under its latter name from 1857. Future Texas Governor William P. Hobby attended the school. The school burned down around 1935. The book is complete and in VERY GOOD condition with some overall wear that includes some light soiling to the covers. A gift inscription is written on the front free endpaper. (see pictures)