Lampasas County, Lampasas
County marker:
Formed from Travis and Bell counties; created February 1, 1856; organized March 10, 1856; The name Lampazos, first given to the river by the Spaniards, was suggested by the many cockle-burs in the region. First settlements about 1850; first railroad, 1882; county seat, Burleson, after 1856, called Lampasas.
I don't remember it being windy in this picture.
Lampasas County Courthouses seem to be the unluckiest so far. The 1856 courthouse burned in 1871 and the 1873 model was destroyed in a flood in 1873.
The back of the courthouse comes equipped with a bandstand.
It looks like the latest architect figured out how to build a building that will survive a flood.
The Courthouse and Me
