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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AG_the-bastrop-advertiser_Bastrop-TX.html
In June 1852, Bastrop's Colorado Reveille newspaper ended its brief run. In December of that year, William J. Cain, a young printer from Mississippi, bought the press and printing materials and started the Bastrop Advertiser. The newspaper began a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AE_primera-baptist-church_Bastrop-TX.html
On March 1, 1903, Primera Iglesia Bautista organized as the culmination of mission work carried out by Primera Iglesia Bautista of Welder. By 1907, the congregation constructed their first church building. Led by the Rev. Paul C. Bell, the growing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18A9_first-national-bank-of-bastrop_Bastrop-TX.html
First bank in county. In early days, money for safekeeping was placed with mercantile firms.
Organized as "Bank of Bastrop County," in March 1889; became a national bank on Aug. 10, 1889.
Presidents of this bank have been J.C. Buchanan, B.D.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM189G_h-p-luckett-house_Bastrop-TX.html
In 1892 the city sold the old Bastrop Academy lot to Dr. Humphrey Powell Luckett (1847-1925) and his wife, Frances "Fannie" (Haynie) (1849-1930). The couple married and moved to Bastrop in 1869, raising five sons. By late 1893, their home designed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS3B_smithville_Smithville-TX.html
In 1691 missionaries on the expedition of Don Domingo Teran De Los Rios sighted a lagoon which the Indians called Nenocadda. The lagoon, known today as Shipp's Lake, is on the southern edge of present Smithville. Frederick W. Grasmeyer operated a …