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History in
a Pecan Shell
The 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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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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