Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1965 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BASTROP t TEXAS! ADVERTISER. APRIL 15, lf«>
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Pilgrimage Homes to Bring Hundre
The fourth Pilgrimage of Homes
to l>o held by the Bastrop County
Historical Society during the past
five years is expected to bring
more than 100 out of town guests
'nto Bastrop on Sunday, April .'5.
Beginning at 2 p.m. Pilgrimage
visitors will start their tour at
the Bastrop County Museum
located on South Main Street.
From there the tour wends its way
through four historic homes,
which bear the Texas historic tl
medallion. Refreshments will be
served in the Haralson Homo,
which is the residence of Mr and
Mrs. Fred Haynie and Mrs. Annie
Lee Alexander.
Souvenoir note paper bearing
sketches of the four Pilgrimage
homes will be available at cich
of the houses on April 25. accord-
ing to Pilgrimage chairman, Miss
Julia Moncure. The art work on
the notepaper is by Miss Lucille
Ash of Bastrop.
Each of the Pilgrimage Homes
has special features of interest to
those interested in the 'listoncal
background of this area. Follow-
ing are descriptions of the mus-
eum building and each : f the
houses.
BASTROP COUNTY Ml'SEI M
702 MAIN STREET
This house on the banks of the
Colorado River, just north of the
Old Ferry Crossing, was built in
1850 by John Cornel son, who sold
it to Christopher McGinnis, a law-
yer and County Judge, in 1853 for
MOO .00. McGinnis later sold it to
Joe B. Fehr, who had recently
come to this country from Ger-
many. Fehr built the brick addi-
tion to the house from bricks made
by the Lottman's brick kilns in
the hills east of town.
During the Civil War this place
| was turned into a tannery and
! made leather for slioos and sad-
Miles for the army.
In 1952 this property was bought
'by The Bastrop County Historical
Society, restored, and converted
into a museum.
This area, including the Old
Ferry Crossing, has boon designa-
ted as a historical shrine by the
Texas State Legislature.
HARALSON HOME
1006 CHESTNUT
This Victorian homo was built
in 196G by Mr. Kd Bastian. Ho j
owned one half < f the block bet- i
ween Chestnut and Spring Streets
Upon the marriage of his son, the j
southwest corner lot was given to i
him to build a home on. The part
of the lot facing Spring Street was j
deeded to the German Methodist
Church and parsonage. Mr. Bas
tian reserved a strip of land to
Jefferson and Spring Streets, giv-
ing three exits to his lot. This
gave his lot a queer shape, but
convenient exits.
The house is built of heart pine,
put together with square iron
nails, with steel braces at each
corner. The galleries have balus-
trades of wrought iron. The ceil-
ings are twelve feet high. The en-
tire house is finished with beaded
ceiling. The windows on the porch
go to the floor. All Others have
sashes of two panes of glass 14"x
36". The doors are of four panels,
with the original knohs and locks.
The original floors are of wide
red pine boards. These can still
be seen in the upstairs bedrooms
The architect brought a carpent-
er from Chicago to build the cir-
cular stairway in the front hall.
An old-fash ion pantry adjoins the
kitchen. There us io be found a
jug-shaped underground i stern
under the kitchen.
The two largo magn >!ia tree!
in the front yard are over sixty
\ears old.
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TIIK Oi l) JKNKINH HOME
1710 MAIN STREET
In 181*9 the families of Edward
Jenkins and William Barton left
their homes in Alabama and came
west to Texas. They received land
grants from Stephen F. Austin in
his second, or Little Colony, anil
settled in Bastrop County. Barton
later moved on to the area of Bart
on Springs near present -da>
Austin, and the Jenkins family
settled across the river from Bas-
trop near present Hill's Prairie,
but kept the original Jenkins cab-
in Bastrop, then called Mina, as
a town-liouse—it was a l<vg cabin
with a dirt floor. 'Hie hand-hewn
logs still remain as part «>f the
present living room, and the ori
ginal ground-level hearthstone is
part of the present patio, as well
as bricks from the chimney.
In 1833 Edward Jenkins was
murdered and scalped, and in
1835 his wife Sarah remarried to
the Rev. James Northcross. a na-
tive of Virginia. In 1S36 Northcross
joined Travis in the Alamo and
was killed there in March of 1836
At the same time John Holland
Jenkins joined Sam Houston's
army at Gonzales, was at the age
of thirteen the youngest man in
the Texas army. During the cam
paign he was detajled by General
Edward Burleson to help move
the Bastrop families to safety,
which he did, in what is known as
the Runaway Scrape. Returning
to Bas'rop in the summer of 1836
after Santa Anna's defeat at San
Jacinto, young John Holland Jenk-
ins and his family made the Bas-
trop cabin into the typical pioneer
double log cabin with a log floor,
all still being of hand-hewn logs,
some of which still remain This
double log cabin wa.i what is rwm
the living room and front bed-
room.
John Holland Jenkins served in
frequent Indian Campaigns under
General Edward Burleson and
Captain John H. Moore, and serv-
ed in the Mexican War and Civil
War. In the 1870 s he was for a
time captain of Company \> of
the Texas Rangers. During all
these times no carried a nfle for
which he traded ''/*) acres of iand
in Lee Cm ,:v. always c.aiming
it was the best trade ho ever
made.
During the 18.Y)'s additions wore
made to the house and some of
the back rooms wore used as [sirt
of the Bastrop Military Academy
A kitchen was built separate
from the house. This kitchen was
rulnl by a character famous in
Bastrop for sixty years—a Ton
kawa Indian squaw known as
' Aunt Puss." Aunt J\iss was cap-
tured at an early age and lived
sixty years with the Jenkins fami-
ly as cook and maid. The Ton-
kav.-is were originally cannibals
and the children who were reared
under her rule remember her th
reatening to make Jenkins Soup
out of them if they misbehaved
Her kitchen is now the guest bed-
room in back and is connected
to the main house.
After the Civil War William Ed
ward Jenkins, John Holland's son
served as Sheriff of Bastrop
County for many years, with his
younger brothers Holland and .]<
as deputies. It is said that Sam
Bass' gang, which operated
throughout that territory, never
passed thr'Ai^h Bastrop Counts
but always skirted north of ii, due
to his respectful fear of Sheriff
Jenkins. During this time an in
j law, Capt D;ui Grady, a veteran
of the Battle of San Jacinto .uid
1 a noted Tt \as Ranger, resided
with the family in the Jenkins
homo.
In the lKSO's Emma Holmes
Jenkins hold one of the first norm-
al schools 111 Texas in the homo
Through he 1 t (forts the memoirs
of John Holland* Jenkins were
written, to be published much lat
! or in IfftS by the University of
Texas Press as RooutlectionM «>i
Karly Texa*. edited by John 11
j Jenkins III. with an introduction
by J. Erank Dobie.
After World War II the house
fell into disrepair and was rented
10 tenants for a time, hut in 1963
restoration was started by John
Holmes Jenkins. Jr In all, s.-ven
generations of the Jenkins family
have lived 11 the historic old
liomo.
Come to us for
%ddinS
nnounc"*"1
A
BASTROP ADVERTISER
Hl'BH U(l> TRKiti-
RIR.MIMiHAM HOI SK
150S PECAN
The R. W. Hubbard and Mars-
hall W. Tru:n families came to
Bastrop County at approximately
the same time—1847 and 1850 re-
spectively. Both families settled
on large tracts of land south of
Bastrop. These families wen-
united when Marshall Tngn's son.
Klober Miller, married R. W
Hubbard's daughter, Mary Willis
Hubbard.
Mr. llubhard. a Confederate
veteran, left the farm land first
and built the house on Pecan
Street in 1890 The house originally
wa:> L-shapod. consisting of tw.
bedrooms, entrance hall, and
parlor on the front and dining
! room, pantries, and kitchen ex
tending toward the back There
was an L-shaped porch on th<
west side. This porch later b>
came the present hall.
Before the turn of the century
Mr, and Mrs Trigg ami children
moved into th s house Years lat-
er they enlarged it to its present
size The front door was moved
from its former location to the
rear of the ha, . The ulass pan*
are of particular interest. Thre<
! of the fireplaces were in th< ortg
inal house. Two were added when
Mr Trigg enlarged and modem
1 zed the house
A few years ago, Mrs Birming
ham. daughter of K M Trigg
and Mary Wuii.s Hubbard return
i «i Bastrop and restored the old
house to its former beauty Since
Mrs. Birmingham spends a por
tion of her time in Houston with
! her daughter. Mrs. I>m P Odom
many of the Hubbard-Trigg anti-
ques and furnishings have been
removed to that location However
there are still things of interest
m each room.
The entrance hai! contains th<
Marshal] '!'< . _v walnut hatra< k
and m the living rooms hang
paintings done by Mrs Huhttard
and Mrs Eva WoodaU, a cousin
j of Mrs Tr.gg.
In the southeast bedroom are
the Hubbard b< d. the Tru\: crari
; le, wardrobe, commode, and let
tor chest. The quilt was marie hy
Mrs. Hubbard in 1S48 and later
given to Mrs Trigg for her hop.
i chest,
On tri' buffet in the dining room
are two very old covered prewrv
| compotes and a few pieces ol
Hubbard silver
NOTICE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BASTROP
Notice is hereby given
that a hearing will be held
on the 23 day of April, 1965
at 10 a. m. in the County
Court at the County Court-
house of the above named
County in Bastrop, Texas on
the application of the here-
inafter named owner for a
license to sell beer at retail
at a location not heretofore
licensed. The substance of
said application is as fol-
lows:
1. Type of license or permit
Beer Retailer's Off-Premises
License
2. Exact location of busi-
ness 9/10 Mile North of
City Limits sign on High-
way 95, on East side of
Highway
3. Name of owner or ow-
ners Fritz Werner
4. Assumed or trade name
Werner's
Any person shall be per-
mitted to contest the facts
stated in said application
and the applicant's right to
secure said license or permit
upon giving security for
costs as provided by law.
WITNESS MY HAND this
the 12 day of April, 1965.
William T. McCullough
County Clerk, Bastrop Co-
unty, Texas
By Annie Lee Alexander
Deputy
AI.DRIIHiE mVWII.I-IAM
HOME
"Ue\l«ir*l"
HIGHWAY M
The original house, only on<
story high, was built about K'
by John Aldridge, with slave labor
and hand-hewn lumber. John Aid
ridge came to To* as by ?wagon
train with one hundred Slaves
some cattle, valuable books, and
many children. The second story
of two front rooms, hall, and j
porch, wore added hy Captain Ja
mes Fitzwilliam when ho bought
the home from the Aldridge fami
ly aliout 1 S7'J Captain Fitzwilliam. '
twm in Wexford County. Ireland,
came to Tt \a:< from Arkansas
with his family, after the Civil
War.
! The back sitting roam still has
its original floor, and the original
antique wall paper and carpet
in the parlor were replaced only
recently un 19631. The old slave
kitchen in the >ard. built separate
from the house, is still intact fX
special interest is its old fireplace
| ami the outside bell used in early
days to call the slaves. Furnished
throughout with antiques handed
down by her family, the house
: is now owned and occupied by
Miss Nell Fitzwilliam grand
daughter of Captain Fitzwilliam.
who continues the charming ho* j
I pitaiity of the Old South
I
! The Victorian furniture in the
parlor was given to Mrs K:tz
William by her husband when they
moved into trie houfte The morn
' contains the rosewood Ouekenn^
piano and the cranberry chande
iier The French clock on the
1 mantle is one hundred years old
1 The paintings are by James
Campbell and Nicholas Angeletti
and the sculpture by James
Campbell.
The harvt«: table in the hall if
of the original furnishing* as
the furniture ;n the master 1**1
rr«. m, the d< .k. and the Sett-
Thomas click. The fire screen inal dropl..,,, ,
came from Japan, brought by a 1 table an- W, , *
seaman, and is one hundred ' England
years «>lc!. Portraits of Captain
and Mrs. Fitzwilliam hang m tin
bedroom.
In the dining room is the ong
1
from In
1" the <11(1 ^
found ironst.,1),. l
" ,,M> eat ly Fit/W'
THE OTHER SIDE
We have been thoroughly schooled in the w
of the proposed new school buildup a^[
simple method of paying for it with ,1 half
dollars in bonds, but we know very imj
what our immediate and pressing nerd* tr I
Instead of starting from the top and talk in* „
what we would all like to have, let us i|ir
the bottom and consider what we * tu* v
to have and attack the problem with r«
methods that have proven sound in the j)ae
much stress has been placed on one probi*~
too little attention has been given to omt
things which are vital to a good s< le
I here seems to be an unnecessary watte to
us to a plan which we cannot undo Airnoit
we learn of plans being made by our v
that could have a very important p.are a
plans for Rastrop
(Contributed)
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coating a thousand—even two
thousand—dollars more.
Chevelle. Tim one's tfot lively
looks, Rj>irite<l i>ower, asr>fter
ride—and remarkablo room
at/>p a highly maneuvembh
wheel base. No wonoer it's
today's favorite mid-size c:ir.
Chevy n. Mo car s^> trim has a
right t<) Ix? thrifty. Hut
thrifty it is, with money-
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themselves and a long-lived
exhaust system.
Contain A*k any '0.r forvnir
owner how it feels to drive a
car with such easy steering,
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