Pink Ben Wheeler, Texas, Hogfest Bus Photo Print

"Pink Ben Wheeler, Texas, Hogfest Bus" by Catherine Sherman. The Pink HogFest Bus in Ben Wheeler, Texas, advertises the annual Fall Hogfest. The town is named for Benjamin (Ben) Wheeler, a late 19th century mailman, who carried mail from the Van Zandt county seat of Canton to Edom, Texas. In 1876, a post office was established in the home of George W. Clough.  This spot along the mail route was then named for Wheeler, who stopped to spend the night at Clough’s home on his route.  Clough's house was about half-way between those Canton and Edom.  At Clough's, Wheeler also got water for his hard-working mail-carrier mule.  Clough later built the first store in Ben Wheeler, and he and his neighbours built a school house on his land.