Bastrop Hose Wagon 1904
The museum guide said that this was the first fire truck with an engine. I can’t find any information on it online, so I don’t know if he meant the first one in Bastrop, Texas, with an engine or the first one in the country with an engine. It’s a mystery!
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things with Engines or Motors
Poor Abby. One morning her paw was swollen and she didn’t want to put any weight on it. We checked it out but couldn’t see anything. No sticker, no wound of any kind. The next morning it was even more swollen so off to the vet’s office we went. They had to put her under just a little bit to take x-rays, open it up, and clean it out. They didn’t find anything so we still don’t know what the problem was. We brought Abby home with her paw all wrapped up because they inserted a drain into the abscessed area and it needed to stay there five days.
All wrapped up with nowhere to go
Abby was really good-natured about it. Once the pain was gone she was bouncing around again. We protected the wrapping from the morning dew by adding an extra plastic layer. The wrapping and the plastic didn’t bother her any. We took her back to the vet to get the drain removed and all is well again. Happy Abby with normal paws.
The Inner Space Caverns are estimated to be 90–100 million years old.
Doesn’t look a century over 50 million years old!
Third and last entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Older Than 50 Years
The Ave B Grocery was built in 1909. I found it sometime around 1980. I like to eat lunch there and sit outside on the picnic tables.
Ave B Grocery
The “Older Than 50 Years” Black & White Challenge spans multiple weeks, so here is my second entry.
Historical marker at the Fairy Cemetary
The town’s namesake
It's a long story ... 