1900 QUINTILLION WALKER Bonus Texas EAGLE LAKE Quin Siding WEIMAR letter RANCH ?

Description

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This is the for
one
VERY RARE
Letterhead
from
Q. F. WALKER & SONS,
Merchants,  of Quin Siding,
located in
Quin Siding, Texas
Circa
1900.
The city noted on the letterhead is Quin Siding which doesn't track on my online research.  However I did find something out about Bonus.  So I am wondering if Quin Siding was on one of the plantations.   The upper left corner of the letterhead has listed
"Postoffice, Bonus, Texas".
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:
Walker, Quintillion F.
Post Special (Newspaper article): Eagle Lake, Feb. 8.--A telephone message was received here from Houston Sunday night announcing the death of Mr. Quin F. Walker of this city. His death occurred at 9:15 p. m. in that city. This sad message came as a shock to his many friends throughout the town. Mr. Walker was one of the greatest promoters and progressive citizens this city or county ever had, and the whole city is in mourning. Everyone was Quin Walker's friend.
He was one of the proprietors of the Vineyard, Walker & Co.'s bank, a member of the large firm of Frank Stephens company; also the G. W. Deaton company; was the sole proprietor of the Q. F. Walker meat market, and was largely interested in the Eagle Lake Rice Milling Company, and also of the Eagle Lake Rice Irrigation company. He was probably one of the best known stockmen and farmers in the state. He leaves a wife and several children and a host of friends all over the state to mourn his demise. Mr. Walker's insurance will reach to the extent of ,000 and probably more . Funeral will take place Tuesday February 9, at 10 a.m. at the
Lakeside
cemetery
.
Weimar Mercury, February 13, 1904
Historical notes on Bonus:
Bonus began in the mid-1890s. The construction of the CANE BELT RAILROAD ended at the a Wharton County plantation site owned by W. L. Dunovant and William Thomas Eldridge, who were among the people who chartered the railroad. In 1896 the community applied for a post office and requested the name "Alamo." That name was not approved. The “ Handbook of Texas” states that Bonus became the name "reportedly" since the owners of the railroad were promised a bonus if they built into the area. The Bonus post office opened in 1896. Dunovant and Eldridge brought African American families to grow cotton, corn, rice and sugar cane. In its early history Bonus had relatively few Caucasian residents. The Dunovant-Eldridge partnership included land in various communities, including Bonus. In the early 1900s a prison camp opened in Bonus, and prisoners worked the land and performed agricultural jobs while under contract. In 1901 the partnership ended and Eldridge took the Bonus plantation while Dunovant took another plantation. In 1902 Eldridge shot Dunovant to death.
In 1936 Bonus had fifty residents and two residents. Throughout its history the community received a low volume of mail. The post office was discontinued three times before the final closing in 1940; since then residents received mail in Eagle Lake and Egypt.   In 1940 the Eldridge to Bonus rail link ended. The rail bed became a county road. In the 1980s the community had 42 residents and no reported businesses. In 1992 the Cane Belt service ended. This led to the removal of the gravel bed, ties, and tracks. In 2000 Bonus had 42 residents.
CONDITION:
Normal letter folds, decent condition.
This letterhead has a whole bunch of penciled numbers on the front of it.
The "EBAY ITEM" thing is just a loose piece of paper that is not attached to the letterhead.
Approximate size of prospectus is
6" X 9 1/2".
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