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Texas constitution <br />authorized statewide <br />preservation initiatives <br />during the United <br />States Celebration of it <br />Centennial <br />liB76 1877 1880 <br />First recorded burial in San Marcos Colored Hays County and San <br />San Marcos Cemetery; School District Marcos populations <br />Cemetery Association established for 50 increased to 7,555 and <br />organized. Black children. 1,232, respectively. <br />Texas began to shift <br />from agrarian to <br />industrial due to oil <br />and manufacturing. <br />This spurred urban <br />development <br />and expansion of <br />universities throughout <br />the state. <br />118,81 <br />International & Great <br />Northern railroad <br />connected San Marcos <br />to major cities. <br />Second courthouse, <br />which partially <br />burned in 1876 then <br />deemed hazardous, <br />was ordered sold and <br />removed from the <br />square. <br />)s Cemetery and Chapel <br />Courtesy of SMPQ <br />ograph of stopped postal <br />pot built in 1881(Courtesy <br />MDR) <br />SAN MARCOS CULTURE & HISTORY 31 <br />