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History
in a Pecan Shell
The county is named after early colonist Hayden Edwards of Nacogdoches.The
city is named after the Springs. After the courthouse burned, the spelling of
the town changed from Rock Springs to Rocksprings.
1881
was the year the site was selected, the year they got a post office and the year
they were made county seat. The population was 250 in 1892 and the town had everything
they needed. By 1914 the population had doubled.
The tidy courthouse
and jail
sit on the square and speak of a small population. The courthouse was damaged
by a tornado in 1927 that killed nearly 70 people. Both the Courthouse
and The Rocksprings Hotel served as shelters.
Rocksprings underwent
a flurry of activity in the year 2000 with buildings on the square remodeled,
freshly painted or under construction. |
Vintage
postage of 1927 Rocksprings Tornado destruction
Courtesy of Barrows family |
1927
Tornado injured child
Vintage photo courtesy of Barrows family |
Wool and MohairRocksprings
is also a big center for wool and mohair which is attested to by the name of the
weekly newspaper: The Rocksprings Record and Texas Mohair Weekly.
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Robert
L.Barrows with wagons of wool leaving Rocksprings for Sonora
Texas.
Vintage photo courtesy of Barrows family | |
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