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Bragg is a
ghost town A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in Hardin County,
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, United States, in the
Big Thicket The Big Thicket is the name given to a somewhat imprecise region of a heavily forested area of Southeast Texas in the United States. This area represents a portion of the mixed pine-hardwood forests or " Piney Woods" of the Southeast US. The Nat ...
forest area of the southeastern part of the state. Sometimes referred to as "Bragg Station", this small community that flourished in the early 1900s lies ten miles west of
Kountze Kountze ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,981 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Beaumont– Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Kountze was originally estab ...
. Named after the
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general
Braxton Bragg Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was an American army Officer (armed forces), officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War and Confederate General officers in the Confederate States Army, general in th ...
, this town was built around an important
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junction installed by the
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system in 1902. The railroad line transported lumber and other supplies servicing the
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industry near Beaumont. Several years later, the local industry would begin to shift its shipping lanes and abandon the railroad. The local post office that had served the railroad and oilfield workers was closed in 1914. In addition to the relocation of oilfield workers into other communities, the rail line extending from Bragg Station south to the small community of Saratoga was dismantled in 1934. Today, all that remains of Bragg Station is a small
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community and a locally famous dirt road that has been designated a scenic drive county park. The ''Ghost Road'' leading south to Saratoga is the center of a local legend of a ghost light called the
Light of Saratoga The Light of Saratoga is a legend located in the Big Thicket of Southeast Texas. This legend of a mysterious light is also known as the Ghost Road of Saratoga, the Saratoga Light, and Bragg Light by local residents. Located on a dirt road, it is a ...
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List of ghost towns in Texas This is an incomplete list of Ghost town, ghost towns in Texas. Classification ;Barren site * Sites no longer in existence * Sites that have been destroyed * Submerged * Reverted to pasture * May have a few difficult-to-find foundations/foo ...
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List of ghost towns in the United States This is a list of lists of Ghost town, ghost towns in the United States by state. *List of ghost towns in Alabama *List of ghost towns in Alaska *List of ghost towns in Arizona *List of ghost towns in Arkansas *List of ghost towns in California ...


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