Lampasas County, TX (IMG) (Images of America)
Lampasas County, TX (IMG) (Images of America)
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<strong>Lampasas</strong> <strong>County</strong>, <strong>TX</strong> (<strong>IMG</strong>) (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>) (<strong>Lampasas</strong> <strong>County</strong> Museum Foundation Inc.) About an hour’s drive northwest <strong>of</strong> Austin, <strong>Lampasas</strong> <strong>County</strong> is located in the center <strong>of</strong> the state <strong>of</strong> Texas, on the northern edge <strong>of</strong> the Hill Country. Native <strong>America</strong>ns were the first to discover the area, and they told settlers about the natural sulfur springs there. In the 1850s, Moses Hughes and his ailing wife, Hannah, traveled to the region to drink and bathe in the medicinal waters <strong>of</strong> the springs. The sulfur cured Hannah, and word traveled quickly. In 1856, <strong>Lampasas</strong> <strong>County</strong> was created. The Santa Fe Railroad completed its line from Galveston to the county seat in 1882, and with hotels and bathhouses booming, <strong>Lampasas</strong> became known as the “Saratoga <strong>of</strong> the South.?? In towns such as Lometa and Kempner, ranchers raised goats and sheep for mohair and wool and cattle for beef. Though fires and floods struck the county on several occasions, <strong>Lampasas</strong> soldiered on and continues to thrive today.<br />
<strong>Lampasas</strong> <strong>County</strong>, <strong>TX</strong> (<strong>IMG</strong>) (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>)
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Author : <strong>Lampasas</strong> <strong>County</strong> Museum Foundation Inc.<br />
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Pages : 128 pages<br />
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing 2009-02-16<br />
Language : English<br />
ISBN-10 : 0738558818<br />
ISBN-13 : 9780738558813
<strong>Lampasas</strong> <strong>County</strong>, <strong>TX</strong> (<strong>IMG</strong>) (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>)
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