Ore City, Texas gifts and souvenirs: 16 designs made from Ore City's own map, landmarks and history, from $16 to $95. Printed to order and shipped free in the USA.
| Popular | Price |
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| Ore City Hometown Ornament | $23 |
| Ore City Varsity Crewneck | from $57 |
| Ore City Est. Tee | from $33 |
| Ore City Town Line Mug | from $26 |
| Ore City Market Tote | $37 |
Ceramic keepsake, gold ribbon
The town's story in dates, from its own records, for home or classroom
Heavy-blend fleece, street map printed on the back
Soft Bella+Canvas jersey
Kids' Bella+Canvas jersey, youth sizes
Bella+Canvas toddler jersey
Bella+Canvas baby bodysuit
Glossy ceramic, dishwasher safe
Weatherproof, for the front walk
24″×16″, printed coir-look fibers, rubber back
12″×12″ printed wood, ready to hang
Soft-touch, zip cover
Sturdy all-over-print tote
Glossy top, cork back
Soft fleece, 50″×60″
20 oz, double-wall stainless
By the mid-20th century, mining operations had slowed considerably, and Ore City's growth stabilized as a small, rural community, falling short of becoming a potential Boomtown. Ore City is the birthplace of Chad Stanley, player of football.
The arrival of European settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries led to significant changes in the region, including the forced removal of the Indigenous peoples.
Originally part of the William Murray League, the area was first settled in the early 1850s by a group from Haywood County, Tennessee. They immediately started The Murray League Methodist Episcopal Church, South as well as the Murray League Institute. After the Civil War, rich iron ore deposits were discovered in the area, and ore was mined sporadically from the 1860s through 1900.
Around 1910, a commercial company was formed to mine ore in the East Texas Iron Ore Belt led by Colonel L.P. Featherstone, a former U.S. Congressman from Arkansas. He persuaded the Santa Fe Railway line to finance a rail link with Port Bolivar. Land for a new city was purchased and platted into streets and lots around 1911. The town was named Ore City, and a post office was established soon after. By 1914, 30 miles of the line known as the Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway had been built, connecting Ore City with Longview. The newly founded community had an estimated population of 400. Further construction on the railroad line was halted by the outbreak of World War I. Colonel Featherstone's company went into bankruptcy, and the rail line was abandoned in 1927. Ore City survived, and by 1936, around 500 people lived in the community. During World War II, the federal government built a steel plant 10 miles north of Ore City to mine the same ore that previously brought Colonel Featherstone to the area. The plant was completed just as the war ended and was sold to a Texas group as surplus property. They operated it as the Lone Star Steel Company.
Growth resumed in the mid-1960s, and by 1976, Ore City had a population of 900 and 34 businesses. More than 1,000 people lived in the city by the year 2000.
As in many other mining towns, resource depletion led to population decline and economic stagnation. By the mid-20th century, mining operations had slowed considerably, and Ore City's growth stabilized as a small, rural community, falling short of becoming a potential Boomtown.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Ore City, Texas, revision 1384021809 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Ore City's population was 1,108 in the 2020 U.S. Census, down from 1,144 in 2010.