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How did
Uncertain TX get its name? |
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| Once upon a time
... miles and miles up river the cargo boats were loaded with supplies
and headed down Big Cypress River. Every barrel, bag or crate was
properly labeled to be dropped off at one of the ports along the river
banks in East Texas. Back in those days people were not quite as
literate as you and I are during this day and time. But,
everyone was knowledgeable of a standard deck of cards. Each port along
the way had a designated card from the deck that represented their port.
As careful as the boat laborers were with the cargo, sometimes a card
would fall from the barrel or crate leaving this item "UNCERTAIN" of its
destination. This would leave a random amount of supplies left on
board with no knowledge of which port they should be left at. As
the cargo boat would leave the river banks of the Big Cypress and head
down government ditch, the last stop is where all the "UNCERTAIN" items
were left just prior to the cargo boat heading across the Louisiana line
and on down the Red River. As time went on , this stop
became known as "UNCERTAIN". Whenever the townsmen would go to their
local port to claim their supplies and find something missing, they
would hitch up the horse and wagon and tell the misses, "I'm off to
Uncertain to claim the rest of our supplies".
That's my papaw's
story and I'm sticking to it !!!!!!!!!! |
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Uncertain
General Store &
Grill
P.O. Box 475
5181 East Cypress Drive
Uncertain, TX
75661
Tel: (903) 789-3292 |
