This detail from Koch’s 1880 Bird’s-Eye View of La Grange shows (6) the GH&SAdepot, (12) Schumacher’s ice house at the corner of Colorado and Jackson Streets, (10) Hunger’s Mill and Cotton Gin at the corner of Jackson and Crockett, and Bradshaw and White’s large warehouse is located just below the depot.
Footprints of Fayette
A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission
Life in Early Fayette County Extractions By Carolyn Heinsohn
The following excerpts about life in early Fayette County were taken from the “Sketch of Fayette County,” compiled by Laura J. Irvine in 1880 for The American Sketch Book, an Historical and Home Monthly.
“John Duff, or Waco Brown, was captured by the Waco Indians in Aug…
