RHODE'S STORE, TX
RHODE'S STORE, TEXAS. Rhode's Store was on Cottonwood Creek near the Mixon Creek crossing of the old Columbus to Hallettsville road, seven miles northeast of Hallettsville in northeast Lavaca County. It existed briefly during the 1870s. It was named for W. B. Rhode, who also operated a mill and farmed along Cottonwood Creek.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Paul C. Boethel, Sand in Your Craw (Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1959). James L. Rock and W. I. Smith, Southern and Western Texas Guide for 1878 (St. Louis: Granger, 1878).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Jeff Carroll, "RHODE'S STORE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvrae), accessed May 20, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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