Various tools of the wool and mohair trade are on exhibit. The public is invited to see Keystone Square Museum's newest exhibit, "Cotton, Wool and Mohair: Lampasas County Agriculture," which explores aspects of the history of these important industries in Lampasas County.

It includes loans from Jackie Chapman and Mark Langford, president of the American Mohair Association, who also shared his knowledge of the subject.

Visitors to the museum will learn about early wool and mohair buyers such as the influential Stokes Brothers, who traded products nationally and internationally via the railroad in the early 20th century.

Clyde Young also is well represented. The museum received significant objects relating to his role in the mohair business, and many are on view.

Willard Potts of Lometa, who raised mohair goats, is featured with photographs of his prizewinning herding dogs and his ranch.

Photographs, a handout on the story of mohair, products made of wool and mohair, and a touchable display of raw cotton, wool and mohair add to make the exhibit one children and adults will find educational.

Other objects on display include cotton in its various stages, from seed to full flower; grappling hooks used to move bales of cotton; beam scales used at the Naruna cotton gin; and a variety of photographs on loan and from museum collections revealing the prevalence of cotton and its agricultural importance in early Lampasas.

Its economic merit was not lost on the public. One Lampasan tells the story of cotton loaded on the train in Lampasas only to be hauled off by enterprising individuals at another point down the line, and resold at the next market in the square.

The exhibit will remain open through October. The museum, at 303 S. Western, is open Mondays, 10 a.m. to noon, and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free, and donations are welcome.