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Bartlett, Texas
Bartlett is a city in Bell and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 1,633 at the 2020 census. Bartlett lies in two counties as well as two metropolitan areas. The Bell County portion of the city is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Williamson County portion is part of the Austin–Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area. Known for its late nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture, Bartlett was the site for the filming of movies including ''The Stars Fell on Henrietta'' and ''The Newton Boys'', as well as the NBC television drama ''Revolution''. History Starting in 1909, Bartlett was the headquarters of the Bartlett-Florence Railway, later the Bartlett Western Railroad, which ran from Bartlett's connection with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad to the cotton processing center of Florence, Texas. However, that line was abandoned in 1935. In 1914 and 1915, Bartlett was hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Hood
Fort Hood is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. Named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, it is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. The post is the headquarters of III Armored Corps and First Army Division West and is home to the 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Cavalry Regiment, among others. It is one of the U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers to be renamed by the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America. On 24 May 2022 the commission recommended the fort be renamed to Fort Cavazos, named after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. The recommendation report was finalized and submitted to Congress on 1 October 2022, giving the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin the authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartlett Bearcats
The Bartlett Bearcats were a minor league baseball team based in Bartlett, Texas. In 1914 and 1915., the Bearcats played exclusively as members of the Class D level Middle Texas League. The Bartlett Bearcats hosted home minor league games at the Bartlett Baseball Park. Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Ross Youngs played for the 1915 Bartlett Bearcats at age 18. History The Bartlett Bearcats became charter members of the Class D level Middle Texas League in 1914. The Middle Texas League began play as a six–team league 1914 season. The franchises from Belton, Texas ( Belton Braves), Brenham, Texas ( Brenham Brewers), Georgetown, Texas ( Georgetown Collegians), Lampasas, Texas ( Lampasas Resorters) and Temple, Texas ( Temple Tigers) joined Bartlett in league play. The Bartlett Bearcats began play in the Middle Texas League on May 8, 1914, and finished last in the league standings. The Middle Texas League played a spit–season schedule with champions during each half. The Bartlett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence, Texas
Florence is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,171 at the 2020 census. Since 2000, the territorial limits of Florence has grown by 8%. Florence is located about north from Georgetown and north of Austin in northwestern Williamson County. Florence is part of the metropolitan area. History The site was settled in the early 1850s and briefly called Brooksville. By 1857 it was known as Florence, when its first post office was established. Florence, a significant cotton processing center, was the original destination of the Bartlett-Florence Railway, later the Bartlett Western Railroad, which ran from a connection at Bartlett, Texas with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad to Florence. However, that line, started in 1909, was abandoned in 1935. Geography Florence is located north of Austin. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all of it land. Climate The climate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartlett Western Railroad
The Bartlett Western Railroad, sometimes called the Bartlett Western Railway, was a shortline rail carrier running between Bartlett, Texas and Florence, Texas, about 22-23 miles. A predecessor company started in 1909, and the railroad ended in 1935. History Founded in 1909, the aptly-named Bartlett Florence Railway was created to run from a rail connection with the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad at Bartlett to the town of Florence, which was a significant cotton processing center having multiple cotton gins. However, the company only got as far as Jarrell, Texas, being 11 or 12 miles. Nevertheless, the railroad was important enough that it killed the town of Corn Hill, Texas. When the line bypassed Corn Hill by a mile, and Jarrell was established alongside the rails, all of the people and most of the buildings of Corn Hill were relocated to Jarrell. The line was purchased May 29, 1911 at a foreclosure sale by a group of Texas businessmen, and on June 17, 1911 they incorpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolution (TV Series)
''Revolution'' is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series that ran from September 17, 2012, until May 21, 2014, when it was cancelled by NBC. The show takes place in the post-apocalyptic near-future of the year 2027, 15 years after the start of a worldwide, permanent electrical-power blackout in 2012. Created by Eric Kripke and produced by J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions for the NBC network, it originally aired on Mondays at 10:00 p.m. ET, and did well enough that NBC ordered a second season shortly after the first-season finale. Film director Jon Favreau directed the pilot episode. In October 2012, NBC picked it up for a full season of 22 episodes, which was later reduced to 20 episodes. Season 1 of the show was filmed in and around Wilmington, North Carolina. Many of the scenes were shot in historic downtown Wilmington and on the campus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. On April 26, 2013, the series was renewed by NBC for a second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Newton Boys
''The Newton Boys'' is a 1998 American Western crime film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Claude Stanush and Clark Lee Walker. It is based on Stanush's 1994 book of the same name, which tells the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank and train robbers from Uvalde, Texas. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, who was actually born in Uvalde, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dwight Yoakam. It was filmed throughout Texas including the towns of Bertram, Austin, Bartlett, New Braunfels, and San Antonio. Plot A miscarriage of justice lands Willis Newton in prison, and he learns quickly that as a convict his only way up the social ladder is through having money. With two others, Slim and Glasscock, he carries out a bank robbery in broad daylight. Slim is caught when the three of them try to escape on horseback while the sheriff chases them in a car. Willis and Glasscock later find a bank director who buys the looted war bonds and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stars Fell On Henrietta
''The Stars Fell on Henrietta'' is a 1995 American drama film from Warner Bros., directed by James Keach and produced by Clint Eastwood. The film is based on a short story written by Winifred Sanford titled "Luck". The script for the film was penned by Philip Railsback, who is Sanford's grandson. Plot The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox (Robert Duvall) finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day (Aidan Quinn) that there is oil on Day's land. The financially strapped Day puts everything into finding oil...but at what cost? Cast *Robert Duvall as Mr. Cox *Aidan Quinn as Don Day *Frances Fisher as Cora Day *Brian Dennehy as Big Dave McDermot *Billy Bob Thornton as Roy *Lexi Randall as Beatric Day *Kaytlyn Knowles as Pauline Day *Francesca Eastwood as Mary Day (as Francesca Ruth Eastwood) *Joe Stevens as Big Dave's Driver * Victor Wong as Henry Nakai *Paul L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Austin
The Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metropolitan statistical area (or Greater Austin) is a five-county metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Texas, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. The metropolitan area is situated in Central Texas on the western edge of the and on the eastern edge of the , and borders Greater San Antonio to the south. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the Austin–Round Rock–Georgetown MSA is the 28th largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a total population of 2,352,426. The metropolitan area is centered on the City of Austin—the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 11th-largest city in the United States with a population of 1,028,220 people. Austin's largest suburbs are Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, San Marcos and Pflugerville. History Prehistoric and Archaic Eras The areas in and around Austin have been the site of human habitation since at least 9,000 B.C., and possibly considerably before that. The ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
