Historic Homes in Bastrop

This is the H.P. Luckett House, 1402 Church Circa 1892. Used to today as a military academy.

Lockhart, TX Courthouse

Today we drove through the small surrounding cities in the area we are staying in. There is a 11,000 people. It is one of the poorest counties in Texas, the taxes are also lower there too. The buildings are still being used for business today. The Courthouse, I thought was very pretty.

Locks Drug Store

W. J. Miley built and opened a drug store at 1003 Main in 1905, complete with a soda fountain which is still in operation. I insisted we sit at the soda fountain and shared a strawberry milkshake. This site has been occupied since 1855, serving as the office of Dr. David Sayers, father of the turn-of-the-century Texas Govern Joseph Sayers of Bastrop.

Reward for Bank Robbers

What better person to catch the bank robbers!!! I wanted a picture of Jerry behind the counter looking like he is working. He does, however, it looked more like a jail!!!

First National Bank

The First National Bank, built in 1889-90, currently houses the Bastrop "Old Town" Visitor Center. All the equipment in the bank, telephone, safe and, and register, are as they were during that time period. The building was beautifully maintained. Another First National Bank was built across the street and much larger. Our tour guide was as old as the bank...just kidding. She said her son played basketball in the same town where my daughter lives...all she ever heard she said was, "Dale..Dale...Dale. She knows the town very well!!!

The Establishing of Bastrop, TX

The town of Bastrop was formally established on June 8, 1832, as the principal settlement in the Stephen F. Austin Little Colony of 1827. The founding grant, signed by Mexican Land Commissioner Jose Miguel de Ariniega, recognized the special nature of the locale as the "place on Colorado River where it crosses the road which goes from Texas (San Antonio) t0 Nacogdoches..considering it to be a very suitable site for the founding of a new town. Bastrop now represents a blending of the old and new.

Texas Gar

This young man was really proud to display his Texas Gar, which was caught in the Colorado River, from the dock of the RV park we are staying in. Pretty ugly the gar that is!