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The DoubleHorn Communications name originates from an early Texas
town that was founded by hard working settlers during a critical
time in Texas history.
DoubleHorn, the name of a little creek which emptied into the Colorado
from the west and was derived from the interlocked antlers of two
bucks found near the source of the stream by early settlers. The
bucks, presumably having met at the spring to drink, became engaged
in a dispute, and in attempting to fight it out got their horns interlaced,
and, being unable to extricate themselves, passed away on the side
of the stream.
A brief description and background of the DoubleHorn name is below.
Excerpt from “THE EVOLUTION
OF A STATE OR RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD TEXAS DAYS”
by Noah Smithwick – Chapter XXV
My location was rather isolated, being on the east side of the river,
midway between the Doublehorn and Hickory creek settlements. Doublehorn,
the name of a little creek which emptied into the Colorado from the
west, was derived from the interlocked antlers of two bucks found
near the source of the stream by early settlers. The bucks, presumably
having met at the spring to drink, became engaged in a dispute, and
in attempting to fight it out got their horns interlaced, and, being
unable to extricate themselves, starved to death. At the bold spring
which is at the head of the creek, in a beautiful grove of Spanish
oak, was the home of Captain Jesse Burnham, his children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren living around in the vicinity. The other
inhabitants were mostly Fowlers, one family of which, Levi Fowler's,
were my nearest neighbors, the head of the family becoming my chosen
companion in hunting bear.
The Doublehorn people were all in comfortable circumstances and
had an excellent school, presided over by Professor W. H. Holland,
a Yale graduate. The holdings of the different families were large;
their houses thus being widely separated, the children had to go
from two to three miles to school. The schoolhouse was four miles
from my house, and across the river, but in order to give my children
the benefit of Professor Holland's superior instruction, I mounted
them on ponies and sent them on. The river in its normal stage was
fordable, and when it wasn't they had to lose their time. Sometimes
a sudden rise cut them off from home, when they had to be ferried
over in a canoe, the horses swimming. Such were the difficulties
we encountered in trying to educate our children in the sparsely
settled frontier districts. The thirty-five pupils under Professor
Holland's care ranged from four years up to twenty, their studies
ranging over a correspondingly wide territory. I often think of that
school when viewing the array of appliances deemed indispensable
to the modern school. Among other things there was a large class
instructed in the mysteries of astronomy, the only artificial agents
to assist in which were maps, and loops made of willow branches.
Nature, however, came to the professor's aid, generously contributing
an eclipse of the sun, I think, in '1859, in which that luminary
was fully two-thirds hidden, and a magnificent comet, the finest
I ever saw.
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