Pandale, Texas

Pandale, Texas

Pandale is a ghost town in Val Verde County, Texas, United States. It is a small town whose current population is smaller than in some previous years. It has been noted as a starting point for canoeing expeditions.

Location and Population

Pandale is located in Val Verde County at the end of Farm Road 1024. It is located near the Pecos River. The town can also be reached by an unpaved road heading southwest from Ozona. [ [http://www.texasescapes.com/WestTexasTowns/PandaleTexas/PandaleTexas.htm Pandale Texas ] ] The population in 2000 was 20.

History

Prehistoric people lived in the area and left relics, such as arrowheads, one of which is called a “Pandale”. [ [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hnp6.html TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association ] ]

Notes on PandaleThe name of Pandale originates from its pan-like shape (pan) location in a valley (dale). The town began as a settlement where a crossing was established on the Pecos River. Around 1928, the town became a ranching community. There was once a school in the town but it closed when the school district was consolidated with the Comstock Independent School District in 1969. The last business closed in 1973. There is no longer a post office in the town. [ [http://www.texasescapes.com/WestTexasTowns/PandaleTexas/PandaleTexas.htm Pandale Texas ] ]

Structures in Pandale consist of my Great Grandfather's two-story stone house (Henry James Young Mills - 'alphabet Mills'), an out building that was more garage than General Store, and operated by my Great Uncle Moss Mills (one of six sons). The one room School House that I attended in the 1950's, was a quarter mile down the road and used as the Sunday School House, which began at 5pm on Sunday.

Canoeing

Pandale is a frequented area to begin a canoeing journey down the Pecos River. The journey requires preparedness and good physical conditioning. [ [http://southwestpaddler.com/docs/riogrande15.html Pecos River, Texas ] ]

References

W. O. Mills III

External links

* [http://www.texasescapes.com/WestTexasTowns/PandaleTexas/PandaleTexas.htm Photograph of structure in Pandale]
* [http://www.sanangelolive.com/node/6 Canoeing from Pandale] Writer takes his son down the Pecos from Pandale and writes about it.

Pandale is mentioned briefly in the Cormac McCarthy novel "All the Pretty Horses".


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