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History
in a Pecan ShellThe
Sweet Home Post Office was established in 1852. Just prior to the Civil War, George
West had a hotel and store in Sweet Home. It's possible he found the name
a little sentimental and maudlin, for when he had a chance to name a town later
in life he chose a name that he could live with - George
West.
Sweet Home was a wintering ground for the wagoneers who transported
supplies on "the cotton road" between Alleyton
and Brownsville during
the Civil War.
In the 1870s the Czechs and Germans arrived. The San
Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad came through in 1887, but missed the town
by five miles. Many Sweet Homers moved to the railroad, but a few stayed.
Somewhere
along the way, George West had time to investigate land down in Live Oak County
and almost single handedly built the town of George
West, paying for the electrical plant, the courthouse and most other amenities
Sweet Home still has two cemeteries,
reflecting the move of years ago. The population in 1990 was 360.
The
Sweet Home Music Fest is held each year on the second weekend of September
downtown.
(See
also Sweet Home - Guadalupe County)
Sweet
Home Landmarks & Cemetery: |
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The
Sweet Home Store on the Highway
TE photo, 2001 |
The
20s-era gas station on the east side of highway 77A
TE photo, 2001
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Texas Gas Stations |
Cemetery
in Sweet Home
TE Photo, 2002 |
Tombstone
with Verse
TE Photo, 2002 |
"Died
March 22, 1886 at Goliad Fighting for Texas Independence"
TE Photo, 2002 |
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