Sherman Daily Democrat
August 13, 1939

 Scenes grown dear through long and dear association will disappear for the people of Hagerman when the Red River dam is completed and the reservoir filled.  The general store and the post office, the places where citizens romped, the railroad station, are all to disappear.
The upper left picture shows the 55-year-old town’s two brick business buildings – the store/postoffice and the former bank building which now houses a lunch room.  Other business houses were destroyed by fire early this year. 
Upper right is a view across the old gin lot, with some of the better homes in the background.  Some of the gin foundations show through the tall grass.
Center left picture shows two homes – in one yard a swing made from an automobile tire and in the other a wagon and tricycle, while in the foreground several playmates pause for a moment. Plen Rawlins, property owner, is shown center engaged in tearing down a structure preparatory to building on higher ground.
Lower left is a Katy passenger train pausing briefly at the frame station.
Lower center is the most imposing building, the school.
Taking care of their correspondence in front of the postoffice at the general store are Dick Hill, cattleman, and J.C. Payne.
Hagerman was established in 1904 on a siding of the Katy railroad by the Smith brothers from Arkansas, who names the place for James  Hagerman, then chief attorney for the railroad.
T.M. Smith erected the first general merchandise store and a gin was built by M.G., J.R. and W.N. Smith.
The first public school was built in 1906.  Two churches, the Presbyterian-Methodist and the Baptist, both frame buildings, will also be in the flooded area.