Locations
Bebe, Texas, located in Gonzales County on Texas Highway 97, was initially called Stroman, the surname of a co-owner of the general store. However, when opening a post office in 1900, Stroman was unavailable, and a new name was required. The name Bebe, inspired by a famous baking powder company called B.B., was the first thing that came to mind.
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Beaukiss, Texas is in Williamson County, approximately 1 mile from the Lee County line, and was founded in 1880 on Middle Yegua Creek by Samuel M. Slaughter.
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Baby Head, Texas is located in Llano County on State Highway 16. To the west is Baby Head Mountain, with its peak 250 feet above the townsite. To the east is Baby Head Creek. A Cemetery is the most prominent remains of a ghost town with a controversial founding story that only had a post office from 1879 to 1918.
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Amarillo, Texas was established on a site along the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad in 1887 on the Llano Estacado in the Texas Panhandle. Amarillo is the county seat of Potter County, Texas, and is closer to the capitals of Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma than the capital of Texas, Austin.
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Abbott, Texas, named for Joseph Abbott, was founded in 1871 when the MKT Railroad arrived. In 2006, Abbott native Willie Nelson saved the United Methodist Church.
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