by
Carol Phillips Snyder, David L. Herrington, Smithville Heritage Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
Smithville�s reputation is that of a railroad town, yet it offers an even richer history. Fertile land and the Colorado River attracted pioneers with energy, dreams, and a hunger to build. After Thomas Gazley chose head-right land in Stephen F. Austin�s Second Colony in 1827, area settlers joined...