Blooming Grove, TX, United States
Blooming Grove School. Early pioneer Richard Gowan donated land one mile southeast of this site in 1869, on which the citizens of Gradyville (later renamed Blooming Grove), erected a small white building to house a church, community meeting place, and school. The Rev. G. P. Miller served as the firs
t teacher. Soon the little school was too small, and in 1878 a large frame school building was erected near the town's general store. When the Cotton Belt Railroad completed a new line from Corsicana
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