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History in
a Pecan Shell
In lieu of a history
(if one exists), we submit information from author and western historian
Charley Eckhardt
who writes:
“At one time, Seguin
was composed of two towns. East of Walnut Branch, the stream--tributary
to the Guadalupe--that crosses Court Street at Guadalupe Street--was
Seguin. It was
a walled city--the only walled city in Texas.
The wall, built of locally-produced limecrete, was there not for protection
from Indian attacks, but to keep wildlife & livestock from eating
the lawns & gardens of the locals.
West of Walnut Branch was Guadalupe City. It was known as the 'rough'
town. In Guadalupe City were the saloons & bawdy houses that, for
a time, gave Guadalupe County a reputation for being 'wide open.'
When Seguin &
Guadalupe City merged I have no idea. It's hard, even now, to get
old-time Seguinites to talk about Guadalupe City. Yet a remainder
of the City Wall still exists, along Guadalupe Street just north of
Court Street, on the west bank of Walnut Branch.”
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