Local History
How C.W. Post built the town of Post and shaped Garza County
Garza County's county seat was built by cereal magnate Charles William Post, who bought a large stretch of land to create a planned farming colony in the early 1900s.
Charles William Post — the same man behind Post cereal brands — bought a huge stretch of land across Garza and Lynn counties around 1906. He platted a townsite, built homes, banned liquor and land speculators, and tried to attract settlers to farm the land in 160-acre tracts. Post City became the county seat when Garza County was formally organized in 1907. Post built a cotton gin in 1909 and a cotton mill in 1911.
One of the stranger chapters in this history involved Post's 'rain battles.' Between 1910 and 1913, he fired explosives from kites and towers hoping to shock the clouds into producing rain. The experiments did not work. The town of Post still carries his name today. The Texas State Historical Association's Handbook of Texas covers the full story of both Post and Garza County at the links below.
Source to confirm: Texas State Historical Association — Garza County