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Old Carson Store

Rocksprings · Edwards County · placed 1968 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

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Edwards County, Texas

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First stone store in town; built 1920-21 by G. M. Carson, merchant.

His 1904 general store (on this site) was for years only establishment in county selling caskets. Present store withstood 1927 tornado that killed 72 here; is still owned by the Carson family. (1968)

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