During the spring months of 1951, the small community of Demarriot, TX was rocked by a strange epidemic. The population of the town went from exceeding 800 people to dwindling down to around 60 by the time fall came, whether from losses to the disease or from people moving out we do not know. The massive loss of population led to the town being unincorporated by 1960 and becoming a strange black hole in south-central Texas, not seeing foot traffic through its streets for decades on end. Despite the catastrophic effects of the disease on the local population, little was known about it until a series of letters found inside a townhouse resurfaced in 1988, found in the possession of a retired Texas Ranger who was the son of a doctor who lived and worked in the town. The letters and the accompanying dates follow.
