Part 3: Saloon days are over in Lampasas

The Commercial Saloon was located in this building on East Third Street. File photo
The Commercial Saloon was located in this building on East Third Street. File photo

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…