Footprints of Fayette

By News Staff on Tuesday, October 14, 2025
  • This map uses the Gotier spelling, instead of Gotcher, and is courtesy of Kenneth Kesselus. It appears on page 77 of his book, Bastrop County Before Statehood.
    This map uses the Gotier spelling, instead of Gotcher, and is courtesy of Kenneth Kesselus. It appears on page 77 of his book, Bastrop County Before Statehood.
    A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical CommissionThe Gotcher Trace: 1831-1845 By Larry K. Ripper It was the summer of ’59 and my brothers and I were staying with our grandparents, helping to bring in a late season cotton crop. We were near the tiny community of Pin Oak, just across the Fayette/Bastrop County line.After a long day in t...

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