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Lavaca County, Texas
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Lavaca County

Photos courtesy Friench Simpson Memorial Library,
Hallettsville, Texas

Contributed by Murray Montgomery


Hallettsville TX - HVFD Celebration Committee 1910
Hallettsville Vol. Fire Dept. Celebration Committee 1910
"Nothing has changed, the fire boys still have cold beer at their meetings!"

- Murray Montgomery
Courtesy Friench Simpson Memorial Library, Hallettsville, Texas


Hallettsville TX - Fink Hotel
Fink Hotel in Hallettsville
Courtesy Friench Simpson Memorial Library, Hallettsville, Texas


Hallettsville TX Opera House, built 1896
Hallettsville TX - Opera House, built 1896
Courtesy Friench Simpson Memorial Library, Hallettsville, Texas


Lavaca County TX Grieve School
Grieve School
Courtesy Friench Simpson Memorial Library, Hallettsville, Texas


Novohrad TX -  Novohrad School
Novohrad School
Courtesy Friench Simpson Memorial Library, Hallettsville, Texas

"... There were two schools in Novohrad as early as 1882. One school was for Bohemian children and the Grieve School was for German children... At some point [the Grieve School] was consolidated with the school at Praha, located in Fayette County. The other school at Novohrad eventually consolidated with the Moulton school district sometime during the 1950s..." ... More

Moravia TX - Moravia School 1925
Moravia School
1925 Photo Courtesy Friench Simpson Memorial Library, Hallettsville, Texas



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