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
  • This shows one side of a stereoscopic photo of the Billy and Joe Saloon. Williams & Weatherington were the photographers, date 1885. court esy photo | degolyer library at smu, lawrence t. jones iii texas photography collection
    This shows one side of a stereoscopic photo of the Billy and Joe Saloon. Williams & Weatherington were the photographers, date 1885. court esy photo | degolyer library at smu, lawrence t. jones iii texas photography collection
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.]…

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