The City of Elgin will celebrate its Sesquicentennial in 2022. As we look forward to a year to commemorate, educate and celebrate in our community, we look forward to sharing retrospectives about the community.The railroads provided incentives for the settlement of Texas and Elgin. The trains ran on steam generated from coal and water, and stations along the ways provided replacement fuels. It normally took 1,000 gallons of water for a steam train to cover 15 miles of track, and there was a watering station named Glascock in northern Bastrop County.In 1869, the United States wanted to connect the nation ...