Malakoff is a city in Henderson County, Texas, named after a Russian fort that was prominent in the Crimean War. It was initially known as Caney Creek and Mitcham Chapel, names already being used as post offices; the postal service rejected the city's names for its post office application and recommended “Malakoff” instead. One of Malakoff's claims to fame is its “Malakoff Man” discovery, a collection of three carved heads; further excavation of the discovery site yielded no results, and their origin is a mystery. Some suggest they were carved by a Mesoamerican culture, the Olmecs. Malakoff relied on coal mining earlier to support its economy; brick production was added later. The unusual local soil yielded a type of clay that was used to make the bricks. A local citizen, Mr. Thomas Anthony Bartlett, created a procedure in 1904 for artificially coloring the bricks which led to a new era of architectural elegance.
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