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History of Taylor, Texas 1876-Present
Railroad I & GN Depot International & Great Northern
June 26, 1876 International & Great Northern Railway  Taylor Station- named for a railroad official Later called Taylorsville and finally Taylor
City Hall & Fire Station 1800-1905
City Hall in early 1900’s
City Hall until 1980’s
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Main St  (between the years of 1880- 1883)
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Foot of Main St. in the 1880’s
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1882-1883 Utilities & Water Supply
1890 Doak Pavilion
Main St. in 1895 (Looking North from 2 nd  St.)
1900 Saloons & Taverns
1905-1935 City Hall
1905 Social Life & Customs  (at Struve’s)
Bird’s Eye View of Main St. 1910
2 nd  and Main St.  (year unknown)
West 2 nd  St.
COTTON- mainstay of Taylor’s economy since the early 1800’s.  Rich soil and the skilled farmers Williamson county- a leading cotton producer.  At one time, the world’s largest inland producer of cotton
1910-1919 Taylor school in the Distance  (approximately 1913)
1914 Murphy Hotel
1916 Taylor Fire Dept. (Asst. Chief B J Korman , right)
1917 Sports and Recreation
1919 Ed Konarik’s Blacksmith Shop
Ford Cars & Fordson Tractors Talbot St. in 1920
Taylor Fair Parade
1926 4 th  of July (Parks)
1926 50 th  Anniversary Parade
1926 50 th  Anniversary Parade
4 th  of July Celebration in 1926
Main St. in 1925 (Looking North from 2 nd  St.)
1935-1983 City Hall
Food – Production & Sales
Daliet Drug Store
Grocery Store
Metropolitan Cafe
Post Office
Banks- Taylor National Bank
Floeckinger’s Sanitarium
The Daily Democrat & Weekly Texan  (post card)
Main St. in 1956 (200 Blk)
Taylor High School until 1969
Carlow Motel on Hwy 79 ,[object Object]
Downtown Main St.
Homes in Taylor ,[object Object],[object Object]
Residential Section (T.W. Marse home, later…Goldstein Home)
Residence on Lexington St. (G.C. King Residence)
Residence on Lake Dr. Booth-Clark House (built circa. 1879)
Davis St. in 1921 (721 Davis-Residence)
Residence of J.C. Elliott (310 Elliott St.)
Residence on Fowzer St. (McConnell – Maxwell House – 1909)
Thompson Residence (W. 6 th  and Davis St.)
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Famous Taylor Citizens ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Dr. Dickey  Taylor’s Outstanding Citizen in 1952   Taylor’s first black doctor
Pet Brown  World Champion Wrestler

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