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Population: 535<br />

BRYSON<br />

A small city in Jack County on Hwy 380, 113<br />

miles west of Dallas, Bryson was in the midst<br />

of an oil boom in the 1940s. The community,<br />

originally a cattle town, was named for Henry<br />

Bryson, who built the first residence, a log<br />

house, in 1878. Oil was discovered in the<br />

county in the 1920s, and Bryson became an<br />

oil-producing center. It grew to be the second<br />

largest town in the county, with more than<br />

2,000 residents in its heyday, but its population<br />

dwindled as oil production declined.<br />

Today Bryson has restored many of its historic<br />

structures, including the original log<br />

home of Henry Bryson, and has built a new<br />

EMS facility.<br />

From top to bottom: Reconstructed Bryson log house, 2005; early view of the<br />

Bryson railroad depot; City Hall with new volunteer EMS vehicle, 2005; Bryson<br />

School as it looked in 1948.<br />

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