The Sachse Sentinel (Sachse, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 1, 1986 Page: 4 of 32
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SACHSE SENTINEL
JULY 1986
SACHSE REMEMBERED
By Mary Allene Jones
Chapter VII: THE BUSINESS DISTRICT -
"As It Was"
The picture on the cover of the Sachse Chamber of
Commerce map only skims the surface of what ' was"
Sachse. The somewhat delapidated buildings pictured,
dated 1927, actually were only the remnants of the
Sachse business district of the 1880's into the early
1930's.
Z. T. Kerley had come very early to Sachse and built
a general store at the corner of Hwy. 78 and Third St.,
where the Corner Store is now located. The Kerley
store and post office was purchased in the 1890's by
J. L. Herring for his two sons, Jim and John. After sell-
ing the store to Mr. Herring, Mr. Kerley sold his home
at the corner of Dewitt and Second St. to the Samuel
Bachman family. In the early 1900's, a son of the
Bachman family headed up the Sachse Bank. It should
be noted that the house, still standing at the corner of
Hwy. 78 and Fifth St., originally was built by the bank
for the Arthur Bachman family. Arthur was married
to Elsie Herring, fourth daughter of J. L. Herring.
Later, the Herring store and post office was establish-
ed one block east of the original location. All letters
were postmarked "Sachse," and mail was picked up
and delivered by the daily trains. In the early years,
Jim Herring was postmaster, and J. L. Herring served
as assistant. The post office continued operation in the
Herring store well into the 1940's. With its closing, the
Sachse postmark went out of existence.
Among the early merchants were Eunice and Maye
Herring McKenney, and A. R. Brand, husband of
Alabama Sachse Brand. Mr. Brand was connected with
several mercantile establishments in outlying areas as
well as Sachse.
A two story frame building stood on the corner of
Sachse Rd. and Hwy. 78. It housed a general store on
the ground level. The second floor, with inside stair-
way on the west side, was devoted exclusively to the
Odd Fellow and Rebekah Lodges.
Next door, west, were two brick buildings housing
another general store and previously mentioned bank.
The bank was a branch of the Hickman banking group.
The two story frame burned in 1915. The brick
buildings were used well into the 1920's. Consensus
of opinion is that inadequate foundations contributed
to their falling into complete disrepair.
"Railroad St." was open two blocks west of Third
St. — providing access to a blacksmith shop and gin,
as well as to the cotton platform and cattle pens. Se-
cond St., at this time, was open to Dewitt. However,
with the demise of the gin and blacksmith shop. Se-
cond St. was closed — not to be opened again for 50
years.
In the interim, another gin was built between Boone
and Billingsley on the west side of Sachse Rd. There
was good reason for the two gins to be buJl in ' 'town '
— the advent of the railroad! (Previously mentioned
gins, oxen powered, were built by William Sachse at
Ranch and Maxwell Creek Rd. intersections.) The
elevated cotton platform at Railroad and Third St.
allowed bales of cotton to be loaded easily and quickly
into freight cars. This was cotton country! Cattle from
the nearby pens were loaded via ramp into waiting cattle
cars.
The depot built by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Railway was a fine, large one with seats lining the walls
of the waiting room, a ticket window and roomy bag-
gage area. Most interesting of all, signs on both ends
of the building proclaimed the name of the town to be
"Saxie." No one knew if this was a natural mistake
made by the sign painter-or if perhaps he had been
instructed by the railway company to spell phonetically!
However, correct spelling prevailed. The depot sign
eventually was corrected, and apparently not questioned
again. This story was related by Mollie H. Sachse
(1876-1963). As a corroborating fact, it is interesting
to observe that much general correspondence and
numerous legal documents of the day also designated
the town as "Saxie."
By the late 1920's, onions were competing with cot-
ton as a major cash crop. The open cotton platform west
of Third St. was covered and converted into an onion
shed, and a second one was constructed across the street
at Railroad, just east of Third St.
With the rapid decline of passenger traffic in the
1920's, the depot soon fell into disrepair, and in later
years was torn down by the railroad company. A tor-
nado took off the roof of the onion shed west of Third
St. — and soon both sheds went the way of the depot.
No longer was the emphasis on cotton or onions. The
economy was changing — again.
Next Issue: REMEMBERING — Sachse "Texana"
No portion of this series can be used in publication or
reproduced without written permission from the author.
December 1985
Kerley-Herring General Store, located at Third St.
and Hwy. 78. Sketch taken from turn of the century
photograph—authentic to the barrel and jug pictured
near the door of the shed room. Buggies were park-
ed on the side, with the horses tied to the hitching
posts.
1. Depot
2. Onion Shed
3. Cotton Platform (later
converted to another onion
shed)
4. Cattle Pens
5. Blacksmith Shop
6. Gin
7. Kerley (later Herring)
Store
8. Blacksmith Shop
BUSINESS DISTRICT -
Variously, 1880,s-1930's
9. General Store
10. General Store (brick)
11. Bank (brick)
12. Two story Store (Lodge
Hall upstairs)
13. Gin
14. Bank Home (for
management)
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The Sachse Sentinel (Sachse, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 1, 1986, newspaper, July 1, 1986; Sachse, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335686/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith Public Library.