Eric Carlson was the mayor of Elgin, Texas. He was born Oct. 31, 1928, at Lund, a northern suburb of Elgin, and died Oct. 13, 2022, in Elgin.Obituaries enumerate his many achievements during a long and active life of 93 years, but his work in preserving Elgin’s history is not stressed enough.He was a long-time active member of the Elgin Historical Association and the association’s President and able leader until 1995, but his greatest contribution is less obvious.In the summer of 1994, the abandoned Elgin Union Railroad Depot was in imminent danger of being torn down. It was decrepit having ...