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EARLY JIM CROW ERA & INDUSTRIAL GROWTH (1891-1918) <br />liB93 <br />First fish hatchery west <br />of Mississippi built in <br />San Marcos. <br />14399 1900 1902 <br />San Marcos Telephone <br />Company opened with <br />61 subscribers. <br />Southwest Texas State <br />Normal School was <br />founded. <br />Hays County <br />population increased <br />to 14,142, and San <br />Marcos slightly <br />decreased to 2,292. <br />Missouri, Kansas, <br />and Texas Railroad <br />connected San Marcos <br />and San Antonio. <br />A building previously <br />used by the San <br />Marcos Colored <br />School or by the El <br />Buen Pastor United <br />Methodist Church is <br />repurposed as first <br />school for Mexican <br />American students. <br />.:. r <br />%P�.'��` <br />" R-1 <br />Ir. <br />"'r _ 7F 1■ �� ■■ <br />f <br />fi 1896 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Map of <br />downtown San Marcos and nearby industrial <br />• I ', ' „ I areas; Austin is now Hopkins St (Courtesy of SMPL) <br />} 11899 San Marcos Telephone Company Building <br />\ Y i { 1* - (Courtesy of SMPL) <br />11 <br />SAN MARCOS CULTURE & HISTORY 33 <br />