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A Baptist church was organized there in 1860 and six years
later was built. It is still used.
Douglas Alton operated the blacksmith shop and probably the
gristmill. A general stock store was owned by T. S. Barker and
Jim Grissom.
The postoffice was established largely through the efforts of
Frank Hass, but for some reason he called it Ula. It existed for h
several years.
Owltown
In the 1830’s there was a hamlet called Owltown. It was in
the bottoms of Highland Creek, near the bridge on the old Hen-
derson and Morganiield road which passes Hitesville. There were
several dwellings, a blacksmith shop, and a small store.
In the early 1930’s a flood of Highland Creek swept the last '
visible remains of Owltown away.
Pride
lf ever a town was created by a railroad Pride was, and it has
suffered the consequences. The Morganfield & Atlanta Rail-
road, on condition that there be a station at this point, secured .
rights-of-way in 1905. Money subscribed by optimistic citizens
helped build a railway station. he
In the next year the Pride Improvement Company was in-
corporated, for the purpose of promoting the development of i
land and other property especially around the railroad station.
A tract of land was bought from D. T. Pride and wife, on which
A the town was to be laid out. Most of the lots were sold in a few
weeks and the town of Pride had begun.
. The first dwelling was built for Dr. J. W. Watson with much
of the lumber salvaged from the old Bordley schoolhouse which
had just blown down. Dr. Watson also built a large store near  
the depot, as did T. J. Herron. At least two houses were moved
here from Bordley. One was Mrs. Strouse’s large store, dis-
mantled and transformed into a large house in Pride, which she
ran for a time as a hotel.
The railroad was an easy outlet for the products of the farms
_ and for years continued to pour sustenance into a contented
Pride, supporting, among other business ventures, Mr. and Mrs.
G. B. Carter’s general store and Mrs. Fannie Holt’s associate
millinery department, and justifying the erection of a high
school and a community building for all sorts of town gatherings.