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SHINER, TEXAS. Shiner is at the intersection of
U.S. Highway 90A and State Highway 95, fourteen miles west of Hallettsville
in western Lavaca County. In 1885 a post office called Half Moon was opened
at a trading post near the present site of Shiner. When the San Antonio and
Aransas Pass Railway came to the area in 1887 it bypassed Half Moon and
built through land owned by Henry B. Shiner. Shiner donated 250 acres for a
right-of-way and depot, and a town soon grew around the new transportation
facilities. At first the community was called New Half Moon, but in 1888 its
name was changed to Shiner. Shiner was incorporated in 1890, and L. P.
Amsler was elected the first mayor.
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Old Kasper House
Bed & Breakfast |
The Old Kasper House, built in 1905, was the
model home of local building contractor, alderman, and cotton ginner
John F. Kasper and his wife, Mary. It was an elegant home where
old-world traditions were practiced and preserved from 1898 to 1960,
including bee-keeping, wine-making, and woodworking. In 1986, Mary Ann
and Hubert Novak began converting this lovely Victorian-style home into
the Old Kasper House Bed & Breakfast.
website:
www.oldkasperhouse.com
Telephone:(361) 594-4336 |
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