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Williamson County Texas History

Narrative by Bob Brinkman

• Communities - the History and Images of WC Cities and Towns
  photos, historical markers, cemeteries and history of our communities

• Photos of the Pioneers of Williamson County

• Images from the Williamson Museum Photo Collections

• Civil War Veteran burials

• A History of Hispanic Culture

• Fighting the Injuns

• History of Trains in Williamson County

• History of Trains in Texas 

• History of The Western Stagecoach

• Williamson County Historical Thumbnail and Oral History Stories - many great stories

• Memories of Marshall and Carver Schools and Desegregation in Georgetown - oral histories

• Historical Markers  

• Williamson County Courthouse

• Chisholm Trail Drives in Williamson County

• Katy, Bartlett-Western, Bartlett-Florence Railroad

• Stories by Bob Brinkman - Time Capsule articles from the Round Rock Leader

• Old Bridges of Williamson County

• The Floods of 1921, 1957 and 2007

• The Drought of Record - 1956

• The Gault Website The Gault site, midway between Georgetown and Ft. Hood in central Texas, has a long history of archeological investigation as well as uncontrolled artifact digging.

• History and Genealogy of Williamson County, Texas

• Swedes in Williamson County

• The Museum Works Project

• Williamson County Short Stories by Dub Ramsel

• Life and Times of  Robert M Williamson - (Three-legged Willie)

• Dan Moody

• Judge Harry M. Graves
  Georgetown City Attorney, 1898; County Attorney, Justice Texas Criminal Appls. Court, 1937-1955; Presiding Judge, 1950-1954.

• Jessie Daniel Ames, of Georgetown - (Past state president of the League of Women Voters and anti-lynching advocate.)

• Elmer A Cottrell
  Round Rock cheese factory

• Dr. James Lee Dickey

• Jessie Daniel Ames - noted women's suffragist and social reformer

• J.E. Copper founder of The Williamson County Sun

• Wonderful Historical Articles by Harvey Olander
  34 wonderful stories about Hutto, Texas

• The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days
  An on-line book - Numerous tantalizing tales experienced by the author between 1827 when he entered Texas, and 1860 when he left for California. "Best of all books dealing with life in early Texas." by J. Frank Dobie.

• Webster Massacre

• The Founding of the Missions on the San Gabriel River, 1745-1749

• Georgetown Blue Hole on the San Gabriel river

• Muddy Roads of Yesteryear

• Old Farmers Bank Building - home of The Williamson Museum

• Southwestern University Ladies Annex 1888-1889 to 1925

• The Historic Round Rock Collection

• Cattle Brands of the Old Times 

• The Murder of Sheriff John T Olive

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  Williamson County Libraries and Genealogical and Family History

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  Texas Republic History The Republic of Texas Early Statehood Giants of Texas History Indian Relations Rangers and Outlaws Texas Characters Flags and Maps of Texas The Texas Constitution of 1876

  
  

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  Geology of the area

   

  Rocks of the Austin area

  Pilot Knob - A Cretaceous Volcano

  The Balcones Fault Zone

  The Balcones Escarpment
  Geology, Hydrology, Ecology and Social Development in
  Central Texas

  
  
  

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