Ads
related to: bastrop county texas property records search by name ww2 timeline historypropertyrecord.com has been visited by 100K+ users in the past month
publicrecords.info has been visited by 100K+ users in the past month
courtrec.com has been visited by 100K+ users in the past month
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bastrop County, Texas. There are five districts, including one National Historic Landmark district, and 96 individual properties listed on the National Register in the county.
Camp Swift is located north of the center of Bastrop County. [13] It is about 37 miles (60 km) east of Austin and 7 miles (11 km) north of Bastrop. Texas State Highway 95 forms the western edge of the community, connecting Bastrop to the south with Elgin to the north.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Bastrop County, Texas" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1856, the male part of the academy became the Bastrop Military Institute, which trained young men for service during the Civil War. After the war, the Institute moved to Austin and the City of Bastrop purchased the property. The city used the buildings for a variety of schools, until a public school system was established in 1892, and the ...
At the time, Camp Swift was Texas' largest army training and transshipment camp. It covered nearly 56,000 acres and had 2,750 buildings designed to hold 44,000 troops and about 4,000 prisoners of war. At its peak during World War II, the camp housed 90,000 troops simultaneously. Camp Swift also brought civilian jobs in transportation, defense ...
The following is an introductory partial list in a series of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (RTHLs) arranged by county as designated by the Texas Historical Commission and local county historical commissions in Texas.