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These early mule drawn trolleys ran mostly along Congress Avenue in the heart of downtown Austin

Many were embellished with mottoes and often the names of important victories from various campaigns

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The Bastrop Coal Company 19th Century Stock Certificate texas-oil-and-gas-collection which was quite similar toBastrop County had the largest deposit of lignite or brown coal in the state, and it was considered of the highest quality. Bastrop's underlying soil was often described as fertile and full of enough lignite to supply the state with fuel for the hundreds of years. Mining was the county's leading industry until the mid 20th century.