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The Sweet Home Post Office
TE photo, 2002 |
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Architectural detail
TE photo, 2002 |
The
Sweet Home Post Office was established in 1852. Just prior to the Civil War, George
West had a hotel and store in Sweet Home. It's possible he found the name
a little sentimental and maudlin, for when he had a chance to name a town later
in life he chose a name that he could live with - George West.
Sweet
Home was a wintering ground for the wagoneers who transported supplies on "the
cotton road" between Alleyton
and Brownsville during
the Civil War.
In the 1870s the Czechs and Germans arrived. The San
Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad came through in 1887, but missed the town
by five miles. Many Sweet Homers moved to the railroad, but a few stayed. |
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The Sweet Home Store on the Highway
TE photo, 2001 |
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The 20s-era gas station on the east side of highway 77A
TE photo, 2001 |
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along the way, George West had time to investigate land down in Live Oak County
and almost single handedly built the town of George
West, paying for the electrical plant, the courthouse and most other amenities
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Sweet Home still has two cemeteries, reflecting the move of years ago. The population
in 1990 was 360.
The Sweet Home Music Fest is held each year on
the second weekend of September downtown. | |
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