Keller – Miscellaneous Information

Keller Water Works Company formed in 1906 by William Chainey, Jeff Lavy,  Tine Allen, and O.L. Sweet.  The first well was drilled by Mr. Allen, father of Gene Allen.  There was only one wooden tank on a 20 foot tower.  A two inch pipeline ran down Main Street, the lines running onto private property were connected onto this two inch main pipe.

The school building which was located on the corner of Elm and Olive (?) was moved to the water works and was used there until the water works burned in 1936.

Mr. Knight ran a saloon, located between Mt. Gilead and Double Springs, on the Shehea Place (Dutch Cook); it was famous for its “home-made wine”.

Jim McCarty put in a saloon in the south end of the old wooden building that stood on the corner of Main and Vine (southeast).  It only lasted 90 days, just long enough for the people of Keller to call an election and vote it out.

The Post Office was transferred from Double Springs in 1888 and was located in the wooden building on the northwest corner of Main and Vine Streets.  It was run for a time by J.E. Pierson, later Bully Highsmith was postmaster and his daughter, Nora, ran the office.

John Prewett Grocery was located on the corner of Vine and Main.

The first Livery Stable was in the block where the Knox Garage is located and was owned and run by Ben Warren, father of Mr. Tom Warren.