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Joiner
Road
TE Photo, January 2010 |
Photographer’s
Note:
“Today only
Joiner Road is left. A dead end – but a picturesque dead end.”
Joiner
Road is marked on Highway 71 between La
Grange and Ellinger
History in
a Pecan Shell
Joiner began life as a stop on the Columbus-La Grange Tap Railroad in the early
1880s. The town was a source of gravel and ties for the railroad.
The railroad
connected with the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad prior to 1899
when a flood washed away the railroad’s Colorado River bridge.
The community,
such as it was, disappeared shortly thereafter.
Joiner road today shows
ranching and dairy farming existing alongside functioning gas and oil infrastructure
– all in a bucolic environment. |
1930s
Fayette County map showing Joiner SE of La
Grange
Courtesy Texas General Land Office | |
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