Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1952 Page: 3 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER. MARCH 20. 1952
<3
Margarine
HOLLAND ALE
Per Pound
.18
Hershey Almond — Hershey Plain
Box of 24
xxctsiicy niuiutiu iieiaj
CANDY BARS
1.00
R O T E L
KRAUT
3 No. 1 Cans
.25
FRESH KILLED
Pound
II one Fre*h Kaied
ncllo p°-d
.45
Franks "d
.49
Cheese
.59
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GREEN GIANT
DEL MONTE
WHOLE GREEN
No. 2 Can
Del Dixi Babv Lima
No. 393 Can
.10
Del Monte Sliced
No. 303 Can
.27
MORTEN'S
Instant Maxwell
House
Coffee
2 Oz. Can
57
• w JL
.47
Remember — We Give Blue Bonnet Stamps
W'Jt
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
COFFEE
Maryland Club
Pound
.88
Fruit Cocktail
DEL MONTE
303 Can
24
PINEAPPLE
Del Monte Sliced
No. 2 Can
.28
STALEY'S WAFFLE
SYRUP
.22
AUNT JEMIMA PANCAKE
FLOUR wn size
.17
AUSTEX PLAIN
0 H1L E N°"300 Can
.45
LARGE SIZE
]|DE Pnrkagc
.29
FRANCO AMERICAN
Spaghetti
Can
.15
MIRACLE WHIP SALAD
Dressing
Pints
35
DEL MONTE
Spinach
No. 2 Can
14
• 11
FLORIDA
10 Lb. B«k
ORANGESpound 5c
BASTROP COUNTY
TO BE LISTED IN
TEXAS HANDBOOK
The following article, taken
from "Tlic Handbook of Texas"
is presented for reader interest.
If readers wish to report inaccur-
acies, they should write to the
managing editor. "The Handbook
of Texas'", Texas State Histori-
cal Association, Univtrsity Sta-
tion, Austin, 12, Texas.
It is hoped that "The Handbook
of Texas'",, a two-volume work
containing approximately fifteen
thousand articles dealing with
every phase of Texas life from
th ■ primitive Indian to the pre-
sent time, will be available for
purchase late in 1 As a ref-
erence and general information
book, this publication will be a
basic starting point for informa-
tion and bibliography on practi-
cally every person, place, thing
or event of significance in Texas
history.
BASTROP COUNTY
Bastrop County, in the cast-cen-
tral or post-oak belt of the Colo-
rado River valley just below the
jBalconis Kscaipment. varies in al-
titude from .'500 to (100 feet; the
average temperature is (>5.5 de-
grees. The soil is rich alluvial
| along the streams, black waxy on
the prairies, and sandy loam on
the uplands.
The first settlement in the area
was made to protect the com-
| merce on the Old San Antonio
Road. Manuel Antonio Corder«
y Bustamante in 1805, ordered
troops stationed at the ford on
the Colorado, where a stockade
was built and the place named
Puesta del Colorado. Intended to
be the nucleus of Felipe Enrique
Neri, Baron de Bastrop's German
colony established in 1823, the
settlement was abandoned because
of Indian troubles. Permanent
| settlement began in 1829, with the
.first families being from Stephen
; F. Austin's colony.
The Municipality of Mina,
j which embraced the area in the
j M< xican period, was established
j by the government of Coahuila
j and Texas in 1834 and included
j the four-league tract of land a-
long the Colorado River which
l was granted to Austin on Nov-
j ember 20, 1827. The larger
' grant was written on November
i 13, 1830, gave the name as Bas-
• trop, but later decrees designated
the area as Mina, to honor the
Spanish patriot, Fran isco Xavier
] Mina. The name was changed
'back to Bastrop in 1837. The
[county, as distinct from the muni-
cipality, was created in 18.3f! and
' organized in 1837. One of the
j twenty-three original counties of
j the Republic of Texas, it then
| included all or parts of fifteen
i present day counties. The crea-
| tion of Lee County in 1871, niark-
j ed the last boundrv change and
' reduced the county to its pre-
J sent area of 8(!7 square miles.
1 The county is distinguished by
| the Lost Pines of Texas, so call-
i cd because of the forest's isola-
I tion from the westernmost section
I of such timber. This forest sup-
j plied the first commercial pro-
duct, lumbt r for many of the
I buildings of central Texas, inelud-
j ing the first capitol at Austin.
Lumbering remains a minor in-
dustry.
Cotton production under a plar
tation system was the chief fea-
ture of the early I880's. Diversi-
fied farming and truck and dai-
ry farming have become impor-
tant industry's, with moderate out
J put of oil. lignite, and tile clay.
Fou i' lakes, formed by dams
j built in 1934 by the Colorado Ri-
ver Authority for flood control,
i irrigation, and electric power,
j make the county a fisherman's
'resort. During World War 11,
! Camp Swift was located in Bas-
j trop County.
i Bibliography: i\ L. Douglas,
j "The G.ntlemen in the White
Hats" (l'.i.'Ut; John A. Held, "Eu-
ropean Missions in Texas" (li '!6);
Margaret Bell Jones, "Bastrop"
11 ;t3t;).
BASTROP ABSTRACT
COMPANY
Organized 188 3
OFFICES:
j Across street from Post Office
PHONE ()8
■ Complete Abstract of title to
I all lands and town lots in
I Bastrop County
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1952, newspaper, March 20, 1952; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237367/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.