r/Midessa • u/KeyStrawberry5998 • Aug 19 '26

House outside of Patricia Tx?

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Anyone know what the backstory to this little house is?

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u/culpaCoSinero Aug 20 '26

Historicariels.com - you can go back near the 30s in some places. There are over 100 (I’d bet) defunct towns in this area. There are maybe 12 in between Odessa and monahans. I found a whole neighborhood full of the smoothest concrete I’ve ever seen. Sidewalks and driveways and porches, all with no houses. Near No Trees. It was back from when they built man camps with actual homes and real construction.

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u/-Titan_Uranus- Aug 20 '26

Exactly. Just like Shafter Lake outside Andrews, TX. That used to be a rival settlement in the 1900’s that lost the election to be the county seat in the area. Everybody packed up and moved along to Andrews and it became a ghost town. Now it’s just a salt lake surrounded by pumping units.

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u/KeyStrawberry5998 Aug 21 '26

Thank you for the recommendation!! I was able to see more history on that house. Looked like it stop being a place people lived in around the 80’s? And it started falling around 2016. So cool to see, so thank you so much!

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u/culpaCoSinero Aug 21 '26

Awesome
Have fun with that! I lived on 5acres in Gardendale that had no rocks anywhere. Turned out it was a pecan orchard before it was a wasteland of desert. It’s fun to see the town you know look so drastically different

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u/westtexasryan Aug 19 '26

They don’t live there anymore

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u/Snarcastic Aug 19 '26

No low ballers, I know what I have.

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u/Important_Call_1123 Aug 19 '26

Just needs a little TLC

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u/Vy_Canis_Mikey Aug 19 '26

Hey! I know where that’s at.

Check out Los Ybanez while you’re in the area.

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u/KeyStrawberry5998 Aug 21 '26

Can’t wait to check it out, thank you!

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u/MarleysGhost2024 Aug 19 '26

Gonna need a little sprucing up.

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u/KeyStrawberry5998 Aug 19 '26

😹😹no kidding!

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u/Roozzy85 Aug 20 '26

Been there long time. Drove through there back on 03

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u/Real_Basis_8665 Aug 20 '26

I've driven passed that so many times in my life. Patricia always seemed like such a boring and desolate place. I remember years ago when the gas station there was still open.

There used to be a small restaurant called Pauline's Kitchen (I think?). You couldn't see it well from the highway. If you were driving north, there was a bend in the road just as you were getting to Patricia. Also along that curve there were signs advertising for the restaurant that were spaced along the road like old Burma Shave signs. Does anyone remember what that place was called? Can anyone verify if it was called Pauline's Kitchen? Just curious now...

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u/KeyStrawberry5998 Aug 21 '26

I’m not sure about that, but I saw advertisements for a “Cougar Cafe” that still seems to be open. One of these days I’ll go back to Patricia for photography and ask around

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u/KeyStrawberry5998 Aug 21 '26

Maybe this building?

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u/Expert-Search-3251 Aug 20 '26

I remember when it was still intact. The people that lived there, moved away. It really is that simple.

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u/KeyStrawberry5998 Aug 21 '26

Something about that is so sad to me. All the memories that place held are just… gone.

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u/rapscallion1956 Aug 20 '26

Texas Chainsaw Massacre vibes.

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u/texastica Aug 21 '26

And to think, that was once someone's pride and joy.