Passenger train Special coach car heading to Rock Island, Texas.
Colorado County’s rich history includes being home to one of the first railroads laid in Texas.
“The first railroad in Texas called the Buffalo Bayou Brazos and Colorado was built through Eagle Lake in 1859. It became part of the Southern Pacific Railroad system. In 1887 the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad arrived 1887. Their depot was located near the Eagle Lake Supermarket. In 1898, two local residents, William Dunovant and William T. Eldridge decided to build a railroad to their plantations south of Eagle Lake, and thus the Cane Belt Railroad was born and headquartered in Eagle Lake. In 1903, the Cane Belt was purchased by Santa Fe Railroad. The depot, which now houses an extensive collection of railroad memorabilia, came after the railroad service and was constructed in 1911.” (Excerpts from the Eagle Lake Museum brochure).
Economist and social scientist Thorstein Veblen has been called one of Americaâs most original and creative thinkers. His highly acclaimed treatise âThe Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutionsâ (1899) introduced the term âconspicuous consumption.â Veblenâs body of work remains seminal reading in understanding the modern consumer society and criticisms of capitalism.
Thorstein Bunde Veblen was born on July 30, 1857, in Cato Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. He was the sixth of twelve children born to his parents, Thomas and Kari Bunde, who had emigrated in 1847 from Vang, Valdres, Norway. In the summer of 1865, the family moved to Nerstrand, Wheeling Township, Rice County, Minnesota.
Things are heating up in Central Texas, and that means it s almost time to load up the boat and head to Lake Belton for the Spring Classic Bass Tournament.
Registration is open now for the 20th annual tournament happening Saturday, May 8. Proceeds will benefit the Central Texas Area of Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Association s (CTACPSA) Annual Scholarship Fund, so you ll be out doing what you love while helping a great cause.
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You can also get signed up at Temple Lake Park, 14190 FM2305 in Belton, on the day of the tournament beginning at 4:30 AM. The tournament starts at 6AM and runs til 3PM.
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This sacred rock in Lawrence was once located along the banks of the Kaw River at the mouth of Shunganunga Creek. The Kaw people used the 10-foot tall red rock with religious ceremonies. In 1929, the rock was moved to Robinson Park near Lawrence s City Hall to honor the town s founders.
As the City of Lawrence begins work to return a sacred prayer rock stolen from the Kaw Nation’s homelands nearly a century ago, it is asking the community for any historical documents to help understand how the boulder was brought to Lawrence and installed in its current location.