MORE STORIES - ELGIN, ETC.

Contact staff at the Elgin Depot Museum at 512.285.2000, or stop by the museum at 14 Depot Street to purchase a book for $19.95!

 

You'll learn the answers to these questions...and more!

• How did Veteran’s Park come into being?

• What did Elgin have to do with the integration of the University of Texas?

• In the original streets of Elgin, what was the purpose of the alleys?

• Why did Elgin have a camel farm near Hogeye?

• Why is the highway between Elgin and Bastrop known as the 10th Mountain Division Memorial highway?

• How did the rivalry between Elgin and Manor escalate?

• What former Elginite was Librarian of Congress and Director General of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)?

• How did Meyer’s Sausage originate?

• Elgin had a man who drew a white bean with the Meir Expedition. What does this mean?

• Where were Elgin's baseball fields located?

• Why was Camp Swift developed?

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