three-quarter Quonset

 

To reach the commercial district of Lone Star, take FM 378 then turn east on Spur 378 not quite a mile.  There you'll find this three-quarter Quonset hut.  If you look beyond the Gillette tire sign, you'll see the faded lettering for the Lone Star Chemical Company.  Other than this building and the defunct Baptist church, there's not much left in Lone Star.  According to history, the community began in 1892, boasted of a two-story brick school,a community store, a gas station a gin, an elevator and even a beauty shop.  Very little evidence of Lone Star remains except the star atop the church steeple.

 

Lone Star, Texas

Floyd County

FM Spur 378

10.26.2013