The Commercial Saloon was located in this building on East Third Street. File photo
This shows one side of a stereoscopic photo of the Billy and Joe Saloon. Williams & Weatherington were the photographers, date 1885. court esy photo | degolyer library at smu, lawrence t. jones iii texas photography collection
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final part in a series by local historian Jeff Jackson on early-day prohibition efforts in Lampasas County.
The third local option election in this series took place in Lampasas County on Aug. 15, 1906. [The first election on May 30, 1903, and the second on June 30, 1905 were covered in “The town and county of Lampasas go dry,” Oct. 4 edition of the Dispatch Record.] This…
