Photo of Bitter Creek School students in 1909 - 1910. Boy with checkmark above his head is Charley Hall Smith. William Ellis Eidson is the tall one on the right. His brother, Albert is next to him. Photo is from the Sharon Smith Jones Collection and was contributed by Donald Eidson (son of William Ellis Eidson) . . . for more like this please see Texas Schools

Bitter Creek was settled in the early 1880s by the Montgomery and Bardwell families. The site, said to have been south of present Sweetwater, was presumably located near Bitter Creek in northeast Nolan County. No community appears there on later maps.

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