RARE Antique 1892 TEXAS COTTON BOOK Ledger? Waldeck Texas Fayette County 11x17

  
RARE Antique 1892 TEXAS COTTON BOOK Ledger? Waldeck Texas Fayette County 11x17. Fantastic Texas and Fayette County History from the time when Cotton was King.

And Postmarked JUL 13 1893. A beautiful front cover label with a large superimposed red "1". 214, 216, 218, 220 Tremont St. In Very Good Antiquarian Condition - 1/2 Leather Bound with Marbleized Boards and Page Edges - Binding Holding Well - Museum Worthy. Dimensions (Ledger): 11.5"W x 17 1/8"H x 3/8D.

Dimensions (Trade Card): 9"W x 4"H. History in a Pecan Shell. Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck is the community's namesake. The count was head of a German Immigration Society when that organization bought the site in 1843. First known as Long Prairie, Texas, a post office was opened under that name in 1860.

The Long Prairie German Company (Infantry) was mustered in at the start of the Civil War. This was ironic since most German immigration was undertaken to avoid conscription in Europe. Long Prairie's post office closed in 1876 but reopened under the name Waldeck in 1881.

It stayed open until its permanent closure in 1925. In 1900 Waldeck was peaking. Besides the post office, the community was a voting precinct and had a saloon, store, blacksmith and cotton gin. Corn and cotton were principle crops although the soil was considered poor and the area was prone to flooding. By 1950 Waldeck had just two businesses to serve a population of 60.