I freely admit to overlooking this. When I first arrived in the Austin area, Bastrop was described to me as a "small town which didn't have anything interesting." And since my travels around rarely took me in the vicinity of this, I was never near enough to take a peek. Plus there had been a number of places which I did visit which fell under the description of "small town which didn't have anything interesting." Even during the fire of 2011 my understanding there wasn't much there. Well, it look me long enough I eventually did make my way there to give it a once over.
It had been a "small town," but there had been a lot of economic growth in the area. The downtown area had a number Victorian style historical buildings, so a driving tour to see them all was certainly worthwhile. But hidden away on Main Street was the small museum put on by the Bastrop County Historical Society, which provided a lot of local history.
The thing which caught our attention first was the display of the Bastrop Fire Department. The tower used to dry the hoses was pretty interesting. The museum has a number of small displays from the founding of the town to the community's involvement in World War II. Of course, there's also a section about the fire of 2011. In total, it took about an hour or so to go through all the exhibits. The people in the museum were quite friendly, and enjoyed answering questions.
More information can be found at: https://www.bastropcountyhistoricalsociety.com/
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