Again, I don't have the date for this copy of a page from the Bastrop Newspaper: ...the Methodist church had the largest membership, and large congregations filled the church house each Sunday morning and night, while prayer meeting and class meeting nights there was a good attendance. Revs. Josiah Whipple and I. G. Johns were the leading preachers and glorious revivals of relifion were frequent. The Baptist and Cumberland Presbyterian denominations had their religious services in a building located on the spot known till recently as Masonic hall and Mrs. Orgain's school house; this church building was destroyed by lightning during the war. The Christian denomination having no building of their own, held services in the upstairs of the red house, now J. W. Kennedy's steam mill and gin; Elder McCall, a noble christian gentleman, father of State Comptroller John D. McCall, did the principal part of the preaching, popular with people and all denominations. In this house, also, is where one Prof. "Do-se-do" taught his dancing class, and where the dances and big balls were given by the young people of the town and surrounding country. Then the Nicholson House, presided over by those noble people, "Uncle" Jimmie Nicholson and wife, was recognized, far and near, as the finest eating house in all Texas; the noble souls of these good people have gone to swell the great majority "over there", while their forms rest under the sod on Fairview hill, but their kind deeds will brightly shine in the hearts and memory of those who knew them in the early days of old Bastrop, as long as life shall last. There have been many changes in the old town and people since then. Among the many noble people who then helped to make up Bastrop citizenship, and who have "crossed over the river" to the shores of the "great beyond," we call to mind, Dr. David Sayers, David Coulson, G. W. Hagy, W. J. Cain, Campbell Taylor, James Nicholson, Judge Denny, Henry Crocheron, Nelson Burch, Phil Claiborne, Sherman Reynolds, Prof. W. J. Hancock, Pro. Stanley, W. T. Gamble, Jas. W. Shepard, Fred Hoppe, Sr., Messrs. Nolan, Gill, Lottman, Reding, Johnson, Pompey Powell, T. A. W. Hill, Dr. Hogan, Garrett, Eisenbach, Dr. and Lawyer Rose, Napoleon Tanner, Schaefer, Dr. Rawls, John T. Miller, Joseph Glover, the Camp;bells, S. C. Blanton, C. K. Hall, J. R. Nichols, Harvey McLester, Dr. Ploeger, Thos. H. Mays, Jas. A. Wallace, Slavinisky, Eggleston, R. H. Grimes, A. W. Moore, the Hemphills, W. G. Miller, Phil Degen, M. W. Trigg, J. M. Finney, F. D. Barnett, the Highsmiths and possibly many others we cannot now bring to mind. Many more who went off in search of other fields, have been lost sight of..... ...Mr. W. B. Ransome, chairman of the committee (selected to supervise the construction of the roads) Upon motion President O. P. Jones appointed the following committee, Messrs, Alf Jung, J. T. Crysup, S. L. Brannon, N. G. Fowler, T. W. Cain, G. B. Miller, T. K. Moore, to interview the citizens of this precinct in regard to an additional bond issue, and the regular road committee, Messrs. W. B. Ransome, J. H. Pearcy, Paul D. Page, J. H. Craft, A. Griesenbeck and Jesse Dawson to investigate the feasibility of low water concrete bridges across the Colorado river. Miss. Clara Hande, of Red Rock, is visiting friends here. Mrs. Bud Hemphill, of Lentz Branch, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eastland. Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Owentk@aol.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html