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LAMPASAS,
TEXAS
Lampasas County
Seat, Texas
Hill Country
Hwy 183 & Hwy 281
69 miles NW of Austin
on Hwy 183
Population: 6,786 (2000) 6,382 (1990)
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The
former Keystone Hotel was once a stage stop
TE photo, July 2002 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally named Burleson, after John Burleson, a Texas revolutionary
soldier, the town was built on land given to him for his war service.
The name was changed when Lampasas County was created in 1856. The
town was officially incorporated the same year the Courthouse was
finished (1883). |
Gunfight
at the Lampasas Saloon Historical Marker
Photos courtesy Sarah
Reveley, 2006 |
Lampasas,
Texas Attractions
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The
bridge at Hancock Park over Sulphur Creek
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
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One
of the many stone structure around Lampasas
TE photo, 2002 |
The
Lampasas County Courthouse
Murals in Lampasas
Hancock Park:
A city park of 109 acres; amenities include a pool, golf course and
the Hancock Springs. These springs drew many health seeking
tourists in the late 1800s, but had been in use long before the area
was settled. A marker in Hancock Park shows where a bathhouse was
built for steam baths.
The current attractive suspension bridge is a replica of the
one that connected the Park Hotel with the bathhouse.
Colorado Bend State Park:
Colorado
Bend State Park by Chandra Moira Beal
From U.S. 183 North, take FM 580 west at Lampasas...
Colorado
Bend: It Is What It Is by Clay Coppedge
"..Colorado Bend is pure Hill Country: stands of live oak and
juniper, thick with wildflowers in the spring, whitetail deer all
year long and, every spring, the white bass moving up the Colorado
River to spawn..."
Lampasas
Hotels >
Book Your Hotel Here & Save |
Lampsas
Freedom Fellowship
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2005
More Texas Churches |
| Photo
courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2004 |
Lampasas
Tourist Information
- The first
stop when visiting Lampasas is the Chamber of Commerce
located in the 1902 Santa Fe Depot.
501 East Second Street (Corner of 2nd and Live Oak Streets)
Phone: 512-556-5172.
http://www.lampasaschamber.org/
The reason for making this your first stop is to pick up the excellent
Driving Tour and Map. A lot of work went into this, and
it is complete. Towns wishing to do a driving tour would do well
to study this one.
Another
interesting brochure is a detailed history of the local Horrell-Higgins
feud, which came to a head in a bloody downtown shootout on
June 7th 1877. Unlike the Hollywood shootouts which produce scores
of bodies in a five- minute fight, this one took an hour and a
half and resulted in two fatalities with one wounded.
In addition
to an active Chamber and its membership in the Main Street Cities
program, Lampasas has also formed a Courtyard Square Association
"dedicated to the preservation of the historic downtown district."
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People:
What
Stanley Walker Saw by Clay Coppedge
Stanley Walker, the legendary journalist and editor from Lampasas,
was a man ahead of his time. Though he lived and worked in a time
far removed from ours, his perceptions and comments hold merit more
than 40 years after his death... |
Lampasas
Chronicles:
Jesse James,
Supposedly by Clay Coppedge
"...That the James and Younger brothers spent some time
in Texas is not in dispute, and local legends of the James and Younger
brothers in Bell and surrounding counties abound..." |
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