The unburied water pipes can be seen laying on the ground along the south side of Third Street between Live Oak Street and Western Avenue. The pipes were buried in the summer of 1885. COURTESY PHOTO | DEGOLYER LIBRARY, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, LAWRENCE T. JONES III TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION
Stock certificate for The Lampasas Water Company of New York City and Lampasas, Texas. “This certifies that B. Van Steenbergh of Goshen, NY is entitled to ten shares in the capital stock of The Lampasas Water Company, with a par value of $100 each. Dated April 1st, 1899.” The corporation it represented existed on paper. COURTESY PHOTO | JERRY GOODSON
This Lampasas School was built in 1895. COURTESY PHOTO | JACKSON DIGITAL PHOTO COLLECTION
These are $35 city of Lampasas coupon bonds. COURTESY PHOTO | LAMPASAS DISTRICT COURT, NO. 2271, EX PARTE
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched numerous local history topics. The following offers details on the city’s earliest days of municipal government.
The town of Burleson was subdivided out of the John Burleson Survey in 1855. Lots were sold, and people began building homes and businesses. Then the new inhabitants asked the Texas Legislature ...
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