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    6 years ago

    Very friendly and helpful staff. They process passport applications here and had us in and out quickly.

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    West Historical Marker

    4.0(1 review)
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    Located in front of the West City Hall, this marker points out the history of West. Which is sort…read moreof in East Texas but we'll just roll with it. The marker is a bit faded and could use some cleanup. It reads, "This community traces its origin to the establishment by entrepreneur Thomas M. West of a stagecoach stop, dry goods store and post office here in the late 1860s. Known as the Bold Springs Settlement, these commercial structures were built on a section of the "Dallas Road" leading to West's ranch property. Early Anglo-American settlers were soon drawn to the area by its abundance of good water and the availability of rich wooded prairie blacklands. In 1880 the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas (Katy) Railroad erected a depot at Bold Springs and in 1882 the name of the community was changed to West in honor of Thomas West. The coming of the railroad and the emergence of cotton production in the 1880s attracted many Czech and German immigrants to this area. By 1900 the town had become the economic and cultural center of the thriving farming region of north-eastern McLennan County. The community soon added its first newspaper, bank, volunteer fire department, and its first block of brick buildings. By 1910 West was a bustling town of about 2000 people. Since then the community has experienced slow but steady growth. Westfest, an annual event since 1976, celebrates the community's Czech heritage." This is marker number 5758 and it was erected in 1992 by the Texas Historical Commission. [Review 811 of 2024 - 566 in Texas - 21842 overall]

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