Texas was an independent sovereign country from 1836 to 1845.
Fayette County was established in 1837.         La Grange was incorporated in 1850.
Round Top was incorporated in 1870.

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1882 Schiege Cigar Factory
By 1859 the U.S. was importing 900 million cigars yearly, mainly from Germany. Tariffs, levied on imported cigars beginning 1862, resulted in a dramatic increase in domestic cigar manufacturing.

Tobacco was still an important cash crop when Charles Schiege, Jr., erected a one-room frame cigar factory in Round Top, Texas in 1882. The factory's roadside facade bore a sign reading "cigars & tobaccos."

​Factory workers made the cigars by hand and mainly from U.S. domestic tobaccos. Schiege marketed his cigars under a variety of labels, including "Texas Star," until 1932 when he closed the factory.
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Charles H. Schiege 1815 - 1901
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For Round Top to maintain the dignity of being an incorporated city, Round Top must pay for a great many public services which could have been turned over to the county government.  

The town incorporated in 1870. 
Round  Top Rifle Association formed in 1873. 
Do-Your-Duty Club was founded in 1935.  

These three organizations keep the town the pleasant, self-sufficient place it is.
Information courtesy of Margie Wells
Round Top - Town Hall today - ​built 1926
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