A tsawon shekaru, yawancin garuruwan sun haɗu a ko'ina Texas, amma ba duk wadannan garuruwa sun tsira ba. Yau yau Texas tana cikin "Ghost Towns", wanda kowannensu ya kara da labarin da Lone Star State ya yi, wanda aka nuna ta tarihi da aka gano a tsoffin wuraren cibiyoyin garuruwa.
Yawancin wadannan garuruwan karkara sun zama shahararren shakatawa a kansu, koda kuwa zane yana da wata alama mai sauki da wani muhimmin tasirin Texas a tarihinsa, amma wadannan biyar sun fito ne a matsayin mahimmanci ko mawuyacin waɗannan garuruwan Texas. .
Daga Indiya, garin da iska ta kashe tare da wuta mai tsanani, zuwa Dodge City, wanda har yanzu yana cike da duniyar da aka yi wa tsohuwar garin, ya gano wadannan biranen Texas mafi girma a kan gaba ta hanyar Lone Star State.
01 na 05
Indianola
Da aka kafa a 1846, wannan garin Jamus da ke shiga cikin tashar jiragen ruwa na Texas da Gulf Coast, ya sha biyu sau biyu daga rundunar soja a lokacin yakin basasar Amurka, kuma ya tura kayan aikin noma na farko a fannin ninkaya a cikin shekara ta 1869.
Duk da haka, mummunar guguwa ta hallaka dukan garin da aka hallaka a watan Satumba na 1875, tare da shi da 150 zuwa 300 (daga cikin mutane 5,000 a wancan lokacin). An sake gina birni, duk da haka, mazauna sun yi roƙo don gina gine-gine. Abin baƙin ciki shine, gwamnatin Indiyawa ba ta kula da wadannan buƙatun ba, kuma wani guguwa ya rutsa garin a 1886. Wata wuta ta biyo baya bayan haka, kuma a ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 1887, gidan rediyon Indianola ya rufe, wanda ake nufi da garin da aka dauke "mutu . "
A yau, kawai wani abu na gari na asali ya kasance, mafi yawan abin da aka wanke ta fiye da karni na tides. Kawai wani alamar tarihin tarihi da ƙananan yankunan kifi da ba a haɗa su ba a Indiaola.
02 na 05
Cryer Creek
Da farko ya zauna a shekara ta 1845 kuma an lasafta shi a bayan kullun da ke kusa, Cryer Creek ba ta da yawa a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata. Duk da haka, yayin da masu karuwa suka iso, wasu kasuwanni sun bude kamar kantin sayar da kayan ajiya a 1878 da kuma ofis din a 1879, wanda ya sanya Cryer Creek akan taswira. A farkon shekarun 1880, makarantar gundumar, shaguna guda biyu, uku majami'u, ginsunan auduga uku, da yawan mutane fiye da 100 sun shiga cikin ƙananan gari, amma wannan yawan ya taso a 1892 tare da mutane 200.
Abin takaicin shine, yanzu yanzu Kirir Creek yana fuskantar mummunar rauni ta hanyar jirgin kasa. Ko da yake ba ma "mutu" ba, "yawan mutanen Cryer Creek sun kasance kasa da 20 har tsawon shekaru 30.
Har yanzu akwai wasu kamfanoni na gida da suke cikin Cryer Creek, amma idan kana neman wani abu mai ban sha'awa don yin can, gidanka mafi kyau shine tsayawa ta tarihi a cikin garin Corsicana, kusa da kudu maso yammacin Cryer Creek.
03 na 05
Helena
Da zarar wani ɓangare na "Tsohon Yamma," an yayatawa wani gunfight ƙarshe "kashe" Helenawa lokacin da aka harbe dan dan jariri mai fushi kuma mahaifinsa mai fushi ya sa jirgin ya shiga birnin.
An kafa shi ne a shekarar 1852, Helenawa a matsayin zama na lardin Karnes County (1854-1894), inda ya kashe wasu kamfanoni na gida ciki har da jarida, har ma da aka sani da shi "birni mafi girma a duniya" domin sabon tsarin yaki, wanda aka kira shi "Helena Duel".
A cikin wannan tafarkin dueling, duelists sun haɗa hannayen hagu tare kuma an ba kowanne wutan da wuka na 3-inch. Tun da yake ruwan yana da gajeren lokaci, raguwa guda ɗaya ba zai iya zama mummunar rauni ba, saboda haka ana yin tashe-tashen hankulan su ta hanyar slashing juna har sai daya ya mutu daga dukan raunuka da wasu suka yi.
Kodayake makarantar ta rufe a 1945 da kuma ofishin jakadancin a shekarar 1956, garin Helena yana kula da yawan mutanen da ke tsakanin mutane 50 zuwa 100. Tun lokacin da aka sanar da shi mutu a tsakiyar tsakiyar karni na 20, duk da haka, Jihar Texas ta mayar da litattafan 1873, tsohon gidan ofisoshin, gidan gona na Sickenius, da kuma John Ruckman Home a matsayin kayan tarihi.
Bugu da ƙari, a watan Disamba na kowace shekara, gidan waya na Helenawa ya sake buɗewa wata rana a matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin Kirsimeti a hanyar Alamo-La Bahía.
04 na 05
Dodge City
Yana zaune a tsakiyar Texas, kawai a waje da iyakar Austin, Dodge City shine abin da wasu zasu yi la'akari da ainihin garin tsohon "West West". Ma'aikata sun fara zuwa Dodge a cikin shekarun 1820 a zamanin Texas, kuma an kafa gari a wasu 'yan shekaru.
Duk da haka, lokacin da yawa daga cikin kwarin da ke kusa da Austin ya ambaliya don yin tafkin Lake Travis ya fi girma, Dodge City ya watsar da shi har zuwa gakun tafkin, sai dai wasu dakunan biyu da suka koma garin Fort Tumbleweed kusa da Liberty Hill, Texas.
A zamanin yau, waɗannan ɗakunan tarihi guda biyu suna kare bakuna har zuwa shekara ta 1800 da suka sake aiwatar da su a kowane karshen mako a lokacin bazara.
05 na 05
Fort Griffin
Da zarar an yi amfani da su don kare kariya ga mazaunin Arewacin Texas, Fort Griffin yanzu shi ne filin Park Park da Wildlife . An kafa asalin sojojin Amurka a watan Yulin 1867, Fort Griffin ya kare 'yan kwastar daga farkon Comanche da Kiowa.
Wannan gagarumin nasarar da ya tsira shekaru 14 kafin Rundunar Red River ta 1874 ta ragu da mummunar hare-haren da 'yan asalin' yan asalin suka yi na kai hare-haren. An saukar da tutar a karo na karshe a kan karamin gari a ranar 31 ga Mayu, 1879.
A yau, baƙi za su iya ziyarci wurin ɓarna na tsohuwar asibiti, bincika wani ɓangare na garken jihar Texas Longhorns a Fort Griffin, kuma kallon "Texas" Tsohon Kayan Gida na Musamman "mai suna" Fort Griffin Fandangle "a karshen mako na Yuni kowace shekara.