Guadalupe City, Texas. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

In lieu of a history (if one exists), we submit information from author and western historian Charley Eckhardt who writes:

�At one time, Seguin was composed of two towns.� East of Walnut Branch, the stream--tributary to the Guadalupe--that crosses Court Street at Guadalupe Street--was Seguin.� It was a walled city--the only walled city in Texas.� The wall, built of locally-produced limecrete, was there not for protection from Indian attacks, but to keep wildlife & livestock from eating the lawns & gardens of the locals.

West of Walnut Branch was Guadalupe City.� It was known as the 'rough' town.� In Guadalupe City were the saloons & bawdy houses that, for a time, gave Guadalupe County a reputation for being 'wide open.'�

When Seguin & Guadalupe City merged I have no idea.�It's hard, even now, to get old-time Seguinites to talk about Guadalupe City.� Yet a remainder of the City Wall still exists, along Guadalupe Street just north of Court Street, on the west bank of Walnut Branch.�

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