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Duncan is a ghost town in Milam County, Texas, United States, twelve miles (19 km) northwest of Rockdale near Alligator Creek. [1] The area was settled in 1879, and George and Elizabeth Duncan donated land to build a two-teacher school in 1892. The school was consolidated with Sharp ISD by the 1930s, and the only landmark there today is a small ...
In 1880, the Chicago, Texas, and Mexican Central Railway reached the area and built Duncan Switch, named for a line foreman. Charles P. Nance, the community's first postmaster, renamed the settlement Duncanville in 1882. By the late 19th century, Duncanville was home to a dry-goods stores, a pharmacy, a domino parlor, and a school. Between 1904 ...
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Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, née Elizabeth Duncan, African-American educator; Elizabeth Ann Duncan, American murderer; Elizabeth Duncan, co-founder of Duncan, Texas; Elizabeth J. Duncan, Canadian mystery writer; Liz Duncan, character in The Smart Woman Survival Guide; Elizabeth Duncan (dancer) (1871–1948) was an American dancer and dance teacher
Fort Duncan was established on March 27, 1849, when Captain Sidney Burbank occupied the site with companies A, B, and F of the First United States Infantry. [3]: 5 On November 14, 1849, the post was named Fort Duncan, after Col. James Duncan, a hero of the Mexican–American War. [3]: 7
Duncanville Air Force Station was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the permanent Air Defense Command network. Prompted by the start of the Korean War, on 11 July 1950, the Secretary of the Air Force asked the Secretary of Defense for approval to expedite construction of the second segment of the permanent network.
Jackson J. Brown and his family settled near the springs on Richland Springs Creek (then known as Richland Creek) in December 1854 and were soon followed by the Tankersley and Duncan families. A private fort, Fort Duncan, was established near the springs in the late 1850s when trouble arose with Indians on the frontier, but it apparently fell ...
According to Forbes magazine, in 2007, Duncan was the richest person in the city of Houston and the 3rd richest person in Texas, with a net worth of 8.2 billion dollars (according to page 46 in the October 27, 2008, issue of Forbes, Duncan's net worth dropped from 7.6 billion on Aug 29 to 6.3 billion on October 1) . [14]