A.B. Kerr & Sons Token - Muldoon, TX

[garren]

This must by my week for tokens. I was hunting in the ghost town of Muldoon today and got this nice A.B. Kerr & Sons General Store token - Muldoon, TX - Good for 10 cents in merchandise. This design dates to 1895. Original building is still standing. Also got some other goodies including a 1904 indian head and a couple of buffalos.

 

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[Beezly]

Very cool finds

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Garren!

 

[trapperart]

Nice bunch of finds congrats

 

[ShovelinDave]

A nice variety of finds always leaves you with a good hunt feeling. What are the long cylinder tube thingy's? I plucked one out of the ground last Friday.

 

[garren]

A nice variety of finds always leaves you with a good hunt feeling. What are the long cylinder tube thingy's? I plucked one out of the ground last Friday.

They're tent rope tensioners. I think these have quite a wide date range. I haven't done much research on them but I think they go way back.

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on a cool token and the buffaloes.

 

[ShovelinDave]

They're tent rope tensioners. I think these have quite a wide date range. I haven't done much research on them but I think they go way back.

Thanks for the info and quick reply.

 

[Mackaydon]

Great saves !!
Here's another pic of the token.
Don....

Source: Muldoon, Texas.

 

[Mackaydon]

Acording to the TX Dept. of Health, Certificate of Death #16807, John Abness Kerr, Sr. was born in Flatonia, TX on 23 Jan 1873.
He died a widower, on 9 Apr 1949 at 4320 Edmondson Street, in Muldoon, Highland Park, Dallas, TX
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140565830
This is his son's obit, but 'your' Kerr is also mentioned.
Don....

 

[Relicific]

Original looking token
Wtg

 

[Terry Soloman]

Fantastic finds!

 

[Mackaydon]

A.B. KERR & SONS / GEN'L / STORE / MULDOON, TEX. (TC-90517) Muldoon, Texas (Fayette County), U.S.A.

The large general mercantile establishment of Messrs A. B. Kerr & Sons does an immense business. They carry a complete line of everything. One would have to see their store to even imagine the amount of business done by this popular firm. During the afternoon the crowd was so dense that one could hardly walk through the store.
Source:Schulenburg Sticker, 7 Dec. 1899
Don.....

 

[Mackaydon]

The date the general store was build is on the building above the front door:

Don.....

 

[garren]

Thanks for all of the nice comments! Got home and got the token cleaned up...