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Welcome to Lavacastoryteller Genealogy

Lavaca County is filled with stories about individuals, events and places that linger in the background waiting for their moment.  This website will share their stories and spotlight their historial  significance.    

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The newsletters began in 2022 and are posted on a monthly basis.  

EPIDEMICS

1873: Smallpox in Lavaca County (pdf)Download
"Keep the Door Locked" The 1890-1891 Smallpox Scare in Lavaca County (pdf)Download
"Yes, We Have No Smallpox, We Have No Smallpox Today" The 1900-1901 Smallpox Scare (pdf)Download
1868: Yellow Fever in Lavaca County (pdf)Download

Newsletters 2022

The Sheley Building 1852 - 1914 (pdf)Download
The Sheley Building: Where There's Smoke... (pdf)Download
The Sheley Building: Where There's Smoke... (pdf)Download
We'll Leave the Candle On (pdf)Download
The A.W. HIcks Hotel & Tavern (pdf)Download
Louis Turner House & Stagecoach Inn (pdf)Download
The John Harrell House/Z.N. Hanna House (pdf)Download
The Latting House/Lindenberg Hotel (pdf)Download
The Pepper Boarding House & Hotel (pdf)Download

Newsletters 2023

The Park Hotel/East Hotel (pdf)Download
The Hawkins House (pdf)Download
Sokol Hotel (pdf)Download
The Fink Hotel (pdf)Download
Lyon Hotel/City Hotel (pdf)Download
Hallettsville Brick Hotel 1891 - 1899 (pdf)Download
Hallettsville Brick Hotel Part II (pdf)Download
Hallettsville Brick Hotel Part III (pdf)Download
Hallettsville Brick Hotel: The Last Chapter (pdf)Download
Hallettsville Brick Hotel : The Cornerstone 1947 (pdf)Download
Hallettsville Hotel Series: Resource List (pdf)Download
Beginning of the Bel Air Motel (pdf)Download

Newsletter 2024

Beginnings of the Cloud Nine Motel (pdf)Download
Beginnings of the Triangle Motel (pdf)Download
Beginning & the End of Lavaca Courts (pdf)Download
Steve Janak: Hallettsville's Lone Aviator (pdf)Download
Lavaca County & the Spanish American War (pdf)Download
The Military Future of the First Texas Cavalry C. G (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: Henry G. Arnim, Courad Pavel Barak & Hugh Eugene Barnes (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: Volney Ellis Brown, Ernest Henry Gillar Jr. & Thomas W. Hill (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: Ernest H. Holitick, Henry E. Hollman Jr. & Buhler Wm Houchin (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: Armond Kainer & Frank Walter Kunetka (pdf)Download
Volunteers int he Spanish American War: Adolph Eugene Lindenberg & Henry August Lindenberg (pdf)Download
Christmas & the Lavaca County Courthouse LIghts (pdf)Download

Newsletter 2025

Hallettsville Boys Abroad: Hallettsville Herald November 12, 1903. (pdf)Download
Volunteers int he Spanish American War: Charles Henry Miller & Otto Richter. (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: Georg Louis Ritter & Dave Samusch. (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: Frank Vincent Schoppe & Herman Seekamp (pdf)Download
First Church of Christ Scientist, Hallettsville, Texas (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: Samuel Silber & John Omer Smothers (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: John L. Speary, Joseph Anton Sykora & Joseph Daniel Turner (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: John Winters Willeford Part I (pdf)Download
Volunteers in the Spanish American War: John Winters Willeford Part II (pdf)Download

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