Round Rock, Texas: From Cowboys to Computers, Nortex Press, Austin, Texas, 2003. This hardback publication has hundreds of photographs, including “The Rock Theatre” which opened in 1939, the only authentic photo of outlaw Sam Bass, the Baylor University basketball team bus that was hit by a train in 1927, killing 10 students, and “Barbette” the toast of Paris in the 1920s-30s, who is buried in Old Round Rock Cemetery. Learn about the Round Rock Express baseball team. Cost $39.95, plus $5 postage, total $44.95. Click here to learn more about this book.

Historical Round Rock, Texas, published by Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1986. This 581 page, hardback book was a 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial book winner. The text, and 486 photographs cover the complete history of Round Rock, Texas. Cost $39.95, plus $5 postage, total $44.95. Co-author Jane DiGesualdo.

Also available, last few copies of Historical Williamson County, Texas, 2000. Pictorial history of Williamson County including Georgetown, Round Rock, Liberty Hill, Andice, Leander, Taylor, Jollyville, Pond Springs, Granger, Walburg, Hutto, Rice's Crossing, Jarrell, Florence, and Cedar Park. Hundreds of historic photos never before published. Cost $39.95, plus $5 postage, total $ 44.95.

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Defenders of the Republic of Texas, 1985, the Army of the Republic, is available from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 510 E. Anderson Lane, Austin, Texas, 78752, call 512-339-1997. Art by Betsy Warren.

Images of America: Austin, Texas, pictorial history of Austin, Texas, is available from Barnes & Noble bookstores.