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Meet the Mayor of Hair at One of the Oldest Barbershops in Texas
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. The city of Conroe is, as residents are quick to tell you, one of the fastest-growing communities in the nation. Fifteen minutes north of The Woodlands, Conroe is an eddy for those flowing into and out of Houston. But at seven o’clock on a Saturday morning, the brick street outside Shepard’s Barber Shop is empty, a bounty of available parking spots. Downtown feels as sleepy as it might have in 1912, when the first incarnation of what is thought to be the oldest continuously operating barbershop in the state opened.Inside Shepard’s a telephone rings, heralding the first customer of the day for barber and owner Leon…The post Meet the Mayor of Hair at One of the Oldest Barbershops in Texas appeared first on Texas Monthly.