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Lissie is an unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 70 in 2000.[1] It is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.\n<\/p>
Despite the completion of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway through the region in 1859, it wasn't until 1878 that a sizable population of settlers began to inhabit the region by West Bernard Creek. A station was built next to the railroad, and a post office was established in 1878. As the neighborhood expanded, it acquired a Methodist church, a hotel, and several other businesses, earning the moniker New Philadelphia. Due to the nearly two million Welsh miners who lost their jobs during the severe depression that began in Great Britain in 1876, its residents moved away. The Workmen's Emigration Organization was established in 1878 to help families immigrate to Texas. William G. Kingsbury, a Texas Land Emigration agent in London, issued advertising to persuade families to immigrate. Those going to Texas would profit from owning, for only 320 pounds, \"A 4-room house with a 1-acre garden, half of which will be prepared for planting trees and seeds, is located on 80\u2013100 acres of prime grassland that is fenced and enclosed. An efficient yoke of docile cattle with a yoke and chains. Four milch cows and four calves, a plow, farm equipment, and a typical Texas horse with saddle and bridle. The home has a full set of cooking utensils and an American cook stove. There is also a nearby water well, pump, and cistern. 200 fruit and decorative trees, 2 pigs, and 12 hens are delivered.\" Up to the time of their first crop, they would be given a credit of \u00a310 each month for consumables. The Rhymney and Rhondda valleys produced the majority of the emigrants. Even though they allegedly liked Texas, several factors made the enterprise a failure. When the cash from the emigration society was not sent, credit to purchase groceries was suspended. Several immigrants also arrived after the crop-planting season. Only five or six families were still living here after less than ten years.\n<\/p><\/div>\n