FLATONIA—Downtown Flatonia was buzzing with activity Nov. 18 as residents and visitors alike helped celebrate Flatonia’s 150-year birthday. The weather was slightly overcast, but no rain to dampen the spirit of the event.
Flatonia came into being beside the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway in 1873.
Like many small towns that sprout up along this main train track, Flatonia was named after one of the first merchants of Flatonia, Friedrich Wilhelm Flato. They had a store two miles south.
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