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Henry S. Clountz Farm
1946

Herman Clountz bought the land from the Texas Nursery in the 1940s.

Aerial picture of the Henry Sherman Clountz place on Spout Springs Road

Clountz house located in middle of picture. The areial picture was taken in the early to middle 1950s, probably about 1952, before the great floods of 1957. There were some deep ditches cut on both sides of the property by the 1957 flood.

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The Texas Nursery land, located at top leftt, was still producing lots of crepe myrtle trees and roses, which are blooming in this picture. The land to the north with the large round pond belonged to the Ashmore's. It now belongs to the Short-Siebman family.

The land on the other side of the road, on the bottom of the picture, belonged to Wilson & Ada Lee (Moser) Jones. Ada Lee's mother was Doll Clountz Moser.

ca 1950s

Henry & Florence Clountz expanding their home.

1969

Natalie with Daddy, Henry Clountz
1969, not too long before he died.
Standing in front of the new house he built for us; we never got to move into it.

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