Smithville
Bastrop County, Texas
30 00.473' N 97 09.598' W

Ragsdale
Built in 1895, this building housed the tailor and clothing store of J.B. Johnson from 1898 to 1919. The building was then purchased by Charles Ragsdale for his jewelry business, which was started in the Powell Building in 1913. He was the official watch inspector for the MKT Railroad. The second floor was used by the IOOF in 1895. Ragsdale's daughter operated the business until it closed in 1996. Ragsdale's is Smithville's oldest retail business. Source of Information: quot;Smithville Then and Nowquot;, by Valerie Johnson of the SHS