Rev. Lewis Henry Carhart (born Gilboa, N.Y., September 24, 1833; died February 25, 1922 in Los Angeles, Calif.) was a Methodist

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 minister in Texas

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He initially ministered in Sherman, Texas

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, before founding the city of Clarendon

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 in the Texas Panhandle

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 as a dry

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 Christian colony. It was named in honor of his Canadian

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 wife Clara Sully, whose brother Alfred provided the new town with financial support. Clara, however, did not enjoy the settlement and maintained separate residences in Sherman and Dallas

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Carhard went on to pastor in Dallas and Fort Worth

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 before establishing the Quarter Circle Heart Ranch in Donley County

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. To fund the colony and the ranch, he organized the Clarendon Land Investment and Agency Company and traveled to England

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 to meet with investors. However, a drought and blizzard between 1886 and 1887 produced great losses and Carhart was forced to resign and move from his colony.

After investing his remaining money in a bathhouse in Hot Springs, Arkansas

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, he settled in Sawtelle, California, where he died in the Union Soldier's Home.

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