Initial Lampasas Water Company plagued by financial problems

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
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

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 to create a county. The legislat…