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which ran from the French trading posts on the Red River to Nacogdoches and then down through East Texas to San Antonio de Bexar and on into Old Mexico

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The Bastrop Coal Company 19th Century Stock Certificate texas-oil-and-gas-collection as well as citiesBastrop 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.