William & Weatherington Encampment Photo 1885. Lettering on the side of the car: Hancock & Hanna Springs; Hotels & Depot; Lampasas St. R.W. & Trans. Co STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE SOURCES: SMU LIBRARIES DIGITAL COLLECTION. COURTESY DEGOLYER LIBRARY, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, LAWRENCE T. JONES III TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched numerous local history topics. The following story offers details about the railroad coming to town and the city’s streetcar line.
In December 1880, a meeting was held with officials from the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad to discuss the possibility of building tracks to Lampasas. Within two years of...
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