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KYLE, TEXAS
Hays County, Texas
Hill Country
I-35 and FM 150
South of Buda
23 miles South of Austin
7 miles South of Buda
10 miles North of San
Marcos
26 miles North of New
Braunfels
60 miles North of San
Antonio
Population:
5,314 (2000) 2,225 (1990)
Kyle
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Kyle's
distinctive red, white and blue water tower
can be seen from any part of the town and has a way of including
itself in nearly every photograph of Kyle.
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Kyle
is Hays County's second city.
History in a Pecan Shell:
Jay Gould, the 19th Century railroad magnate decided that his
International-Great Northern Railroad needed a station between Austin
and San Marcos. He made a deal with property owners David Moore
and Fergus Kyle and 200 acres of their former land was auctioned
off in 1880 under the Kyle
Auction Oak. |
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The Kyle Hanging Tree
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Famous Trees
of Kyle
Kyle has two famous
trees: The Auction Oak and The Kyle Hanging Tree ( Click on the
names for their images and short histories. )
The
Auction Oak is located inside Kyle on Sledge Street, about
two blocks south of Center Street. Since there seem to be two distinct
trunks, it is sometimes referred to as The Auction Oaks.
The
Kyle Hanging Tree is a few miles down Old Post Road on your
left.
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By
1881, Kyle had four saloons and a newspaper (The Kyle Nutshell)
so that the saloon patrons had something to read between drinks.
Many anecdotal stories of Kyle's first years are included in Richard
Zelade's Hill County, Lone Star Books (Gulf Publishing) 1999.
A Town so Nice - They Incorporated Twice
In 1895 the city incorporated the first time. Two years later they
decided it was a bad idea. The second incorporation in 1906 held.
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Old Fire Equipment
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suffered several fires in its history, which accounts for the missing
buildings. Surviving buildings date back to the 1890s. |
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The Old Kyle Creamery
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Kyle's
oldest stone building was recently razed by its owner. Across the
street from the bare spot is another stone building next to the Kyle
Police Station. This is the former Creamery.
While photographing the building, we met The
Kyle Creamery Cat |
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The Tombstone of Fergus Kyle
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More Kyle
Attractions
The Claiborne
Kyle Log Cabin
CR 136 SW of Kyle (just S. of the Kyle Cemetery) When John Claiborne
and Lucy Kyle built their home on the banks of the Blanco River
they had 9 children with them. This large cedar-built dog trot cabin
is an excellent example of its type - and the only surviving one
in Texas. The Cemetery has many stones inscribed with the Kyle name.
Kyle
City Jail
The
Katherine Ann Porter Museum
The
Kyle Creamery Cat
Kyle:
Growing with Thought by Veranda Mansard
"With all that's going wrong in the world of development
- it's nice to know that something is going right."
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Kyle City
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512 268-5341
Website: www.cityofkyle.com |
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Here are two
pictures of the Kyle City Jail.
This was moved from Kyle some years ago and added to the western
town attractions at Aquarena Springs in San Marcos. They have since
closed that part of the park and offered the City of Kyle the opportunity
to come get their jail. The structure was in bad shape and the City
did not have a good place to put it so they declined. But we have
pictures none-the-less.
Also, the old Kyle train depot has been donated to the City
and moved from private property back to a location fronting the
UP line in downtown Kyle. It is currently sitting on a flatbed waiting
to be put into place. Once it is in position I will send along some
pictures of that as well.- Peter French, President, Kyle Area
Chamber of Commerce, January 30, 2004
"I was amused
to see that good old Jay Gould had participated in the founding
of Sierra
Blanca, as he also participated in the founding the town in
which I live, Kyle. Thank you for your work, I enjoy your site very
much." - Peter French
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