Smithville
Smithville,s reputation is that of a railroad town, yet it offers an even richer history. Fertile land and the Colorado River attracted pioneers with energy, dreams, and a hunger to build. After Thomas Gazley chose head-right land in Stephen F. Austin,s Second Colony in 1827, area settlers joined the fray to secure a Texas free from Mexico,s supremacy. Some represented Bastrop County in the new Republic of Texas,s legislature. Others stayed home and built a village on the banks of the Colorado. Businessmen influenced the growth of Smithville by attracting the railroad, and soon Smithville was the largest city in the county, offering a place f…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4396-3821-7
- EAN: 9781439638217
- Produktnummer: 28055903
- Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 59'692 KB
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