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ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game
Fran:
Acton, TX
Acton is a small community located about seven miles due east of Granbury, Texas. It is the home of Acton State Historic Site, which is the burial site of Elizabeth Crockett, second wife of Davy Crockett.
jpwagoneer1964:
New Waverly, Tx
History in a Pecan Shell
In an old familiar story, Waverly, Texas was once content being simply Waverly, Texas. Then came the railroad.
The Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company came through the area and in those times railroads didn’t have the best of reputations. Locals thought twice about granting a right-of-way and turned the railroad's offer down.
In the second act of the old familiar story, the railroad came through ten miles west of town and established “Waverly Station" in 1870. Naturally the people in business and other residents were drawn to the new town to maintain contact with the rest of the world. The station became “New Waverly.”
In the late 1800s Polish families were recruited from Europe and became tenant farmers in the region. Poles also settled in towns like Brenham, Thurber, Malakoff , Palestine and a cluster of communities around Panna Maria SE of San Antonio.
An abbreviated timeline of significant events:
In 1873 a post office was granted.
In 1884 the town had 150 residents.
By 1896 the population had reached 250.
In 1900 the town had a healthy population of 500.
By mid-century it had declined somewhat to just over 400.
The population was about 600 in the 60s – 700 in the 70s, 800 in the 80s, and 900 in the 90s.
The economy is still driven by lumber – an industry that has influenced New and Old Waverly, and Elmira for over 100 years.
And you can purchase this lovely ranch home for $649,000.00
Mark
Meryl:
Yznaga, TX
MaineWriter:
Art, TX
Mason County is included in the most heavily populated German part of the Hill Country, with the city of Mason being the northern most town of any real population. Mason, Gillespie, Kendall and Comal Counties comprise almost the entire German settlement area, with just a trace of overflow into Blanco, Kerr, and Llano Counties.
Art is found on detailed maps of Mason County just East of Mason (town). It will appear surrounded by five little crosses - a cluster of family cemeteries.
Art along with Hilda, Loyal Valley and Doss still have a number of beautiful utilitarian limestone buildings. The Germans settling this area were German Methodists, not Catholic or Lutheran Germans.
Leslie
Fran:
Troup, TX
Troup, also known as Troupe, Troup City, and Zavala, is a small town at the intersection of Farm roads 13, 15, 346, and 347 and State highways 110 and 135, three miles south of Arp in extreme southeastern Smith County.
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