In our June newsletter we published a short quiz with a few questions about Bastrop and Texas. Here are the answers.
1. Who was the first African-American to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery??
d) Barbara Jordan. More HERE.
2. What Bastrop County community fills in for Wylie, Texas, in the HBO Max TV series “Love and Death”?
b) Smithville. More HERE.
3. This is one of the oldest communities in Bastrop County, having been settled about 1829 by the Cottles, Highsmiths, Crafts, Parkers, Grimeses, Ridgeways and Whites. By the 1880s it was a thriving little town, but now it’s just a few houses and antique shops by the side of the road. What is this little community?
c) Alum Creek. More HERE.
4. In the context of Bastrop, what is SOBS?
a) Society of Bridge Spitters. Great story HERE.
5. In 2019 Buc-ee’s opened its first convenience store/gas station outside of Texas in:
c) Alabama.