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| Village Creek |
My first memory of this tiny place involves the
actual rising of the mighty waterway, Village Creek. It had rained for days and
this small tributary of the Trinity River not only overflowed its banks, but
took out a bridge or two. My parents drove around the area looking at how far
up the roads the water had progressed. To my young eyes, this was a forecast
for a flood of Biblical proportions; I stared out the window of the car looking
earnestly for Noah. What I didn’t know at that time was that Village Creek was
not only a waterway, but a rural community.
Prior to the mid-1800s, Village Creek was home
to several Indian villages. They and the Anglos enjoyed times of peace, but
after a rather severe conflict, all of the villages were
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| Defunct golf course and pecan trees |
destroyed by the Texas
Rangers. The town grew slowly, but its death knoll was in 1876 when the Texas
and Pacific Railroad bypassed it and chose to lay the tracks through the nearby
community of Handley. Village Creek community persevered through the 1896–97
school year with an enrollment of 57 students and one teacher.
The Village Creek community is now home to the Alpine
Shooting Range, a pecan orchard, and a defunct golf course. It is still a
pretty area, particularly in the spring.
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