Smithville Bibliography
Crockett, Silky R. (1990). Early History of Smithville, Texas. Smithville, TX: Friends of the Smithville Library.
Heinsohn, Carolyn. Past board member and current Museum Committee member of the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center. (2013).
History of Smithville 1827-1895. (1995, October 19) The Smithville Times Special Centennial Edition, p. 2, 6, 23.
Hunt, Lenoir (1992). My master: the inside story of Sam Houston and his times by his former slave Jeff Hamilton. Austin, TX: State House Press.
Kesselus, Kenneth (1986). History of Bastrop County, Texas before statehood. Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Co.
Kesselus, Kenneth (1987). History of Bastrop County, Texas 1846-1865. Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Co.
Machann, Clinton, & Mendl, James W. (1983). Krasna Amerika: a study of the Texas Czechs, 1851-1939. Austin, TX: Eakin Press.
Moore, Bill (1977). Bastrop County 1691-1900. Witcha Falls, TX: Nortex Press.
Ruff, Ann. (1985). Unsung Heroes of Texas. Houston: Gulf Publishing Co.
Smithville Times. (1995). 1995-1996 Newcomers-Visitors Guide to Smithville [Brochure]. J. Tom Graham: Publisher.
Wilder, Thornton (1938, 1957, 1970). Our town. New York, NY: Harper & Row Publishers.