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Life in
Bastrop County Tx 1891-1943 Bastrop County, Texas 1891-1943 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers from Bastrop, Elgin, Smithville, Camp Swift, McDade and Wyldwood, Texas.
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![]() In 1890 J.S. Blagg took this very nice photo of a young woman playing the guitar in Bastrop Texas |
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![]() Entrance to Camp Swift in Bastrop Texas in 1942 |
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![]() Sometime in the 1940s a large crowd gathered in front of the Bastrop Cafe next door to the Texas movie theater |
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![]() Two men pause their horse-drawn wagon for a picture in front of K H McCaskill Blacksmith and Wheel Wright Shop in Smithville sometime between 1891 and 1909 |
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![]() Lone Star Bakery R E Hoppe |
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![]() All dressed up in their Sunday best with trusty rifle at the ready, these early residents of Bastrop County Texas are ready for anything. |
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![]() Horse draw wagons wait to pick up weary travelers at the Bastrop Railroad Station in 1900 |
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Resources: Early Life in Texas County by County Books about Texas People and Places Amazing People from Texas County by County Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon) Vintage Texas Photos (eBay) Bastrop Bulletin Board (Facebook) |
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Rare Artifacts, Memorabilia, Ancestry and History Records from Bastrop, Elgin, Smithville, Camp Swift, McDade and Wyldwood, Texas . . . | ||||||
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