BARTLETT, TEXAS est. 1881 williamson County

Bartlett, Texas

Bartlett Texas is at the cross roads of highway 95 and 487 and straddles the county line between Williamson and Bell counties. Bartlett Texas was founded in 1881 and named for John T. Bartlett and was incorporated in 1890. Bartlett Texas served as a shipping point for cotton, grain, livestock, and produce in the early years

BARTLETT, TEXAS est. 1881

Population: 1,687 (2004)

Bartlett Electric Co-op, established in 1936, was the first Texas co-operative formed under the 1935 Rural Electrification Administration.

Courtesy of Bartlett Activities Center

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note old school in the back ground

View story on the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in Bartlett
by CLAY COPPEDGE

View write up about the B & W RR The Bartlett-Western Railroad -
also called “Bull Frog” and “Big Windy” 1909 investors chartered the
Bartlett-Florence Railway Company (eventually renamed the Bartlett Western).

A special thanks to the Bartlett Activities Center for these images

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Tom Wolfe Marie Cronins cousin	Grammar School	Grammar School	Athea School
City Historic Marker	Aerial view from water tower	Aerial View Early 1900's	Bischoff Gin 1912
BHS Building	downtown looking west	Kreisman Bros	Leatherman Drug Co
Leatherman drugs	oil mill	Wilson Hardware store	Cotton Exchange
1881	Cotton Compress	Cotton Yard	Cotton yard
downtown 2001	Downtown Cotton Exchange	National Bank Cox Robertson buildings	Post Office
First Fire Truck	Second Fire Truck	Edna Berry & Vernon Powell	Clark Street
auto day 1913 from a post card	old cars from the movie "Stars Fell on Henrietta"	old cars from the movie "Stars Fell on Henrietta"	old cars from the movie "Stars Fell on Henrietta"
old cars from the movie "Stars Fell on Henrietta"	old cars from the movie "Stars Fell on Henrietta"	old cars from the movie "Stars Fell on Henrietta"	Early Street Scene
Granger Church Gathering 1928 Moravian	Switchboard	BHS Gym	Alfred T Keller 1939 Chief Clerk to A N Gibson CCC Camp photos
Cecil B Burns 5-30-1938 CCC Camp photos	George W Painter William F Canady 5-30-1938 CCC Camp photos	Swim Party 5-30-1938 CCC Camp photos	Walter J Wickstrom 1938 CCC Camp photos
Wm F Canady 1938 E side of Army Ofc CCC Camp photos	1938 Mike Overton left Alfred T Keller on front steps CCC Camp photos	5-30-1938 Elwood Schmidt J G Lucy Gray David D Wheele CCC Camp photos	A W Richey CCC Camp photos
Mike Overton in barracks 1938 CCC Camp photos	Bartlett -Western train	Bartlett-Western RR engine	Mae Lyn Cox on gate on train BWRR
B-W Engine	B-W RR photo ca. 1912	View write up about the B & W RR The Bartlett-Western Railroad -