Editing Lockhart, Texas (section)

==History==
[[File:Lockhart Texas.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Another view of downtown Lockhart]]
The city of Lockhart is named after [[Byrd Lockhart]], an assistant surveyor of [[Green DeWitt]] and reportedly the first Anglo to set foot in Caldwell County. Lockhart was the site of a victory of the Texans over the [[Comanche]], at the [[Battle of Plum Creek]] in 1840. Lockhart was originally called "Plum Creek", but the name was later changed to Lockhart.

The town's economic growth began with the arrival of the railroad in the late 19th century, when the town became a regional shipping center for local [[cotton]]. Following the arrival of the railroad, immigrants arrived in Lockhart and opened various businesses.

Lockhart has several claims to fame. In 1999, the [[Texas Legislature]] proclaimed Lockhart the "Barbecue Capital of Texas";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/capitals.html|title=Official Capital Designations|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref> Lockhart has four major [[Barbecue in Texas|barbecue restaurants]]. The Dr. Eugene Clark Library is the oldest operating [[public library]] in Texas. Lockhart was also the subject of an article by the architectural historian and critic Colin Rowe and architect John Hejduk, first published in ''[[Architectural Record]]'' in 1957 and republished in the collection of his writings ''As I Was Saying'' (1996). Rowe and Hejduk see Lockhart as a "curiously eloquent" example of a Victorian post-frontier American town.

Lockhart has played host to many film sets, as this quaint, small town is located just {{Convert|30|mi}} south of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]. The 1996 [[Christopher Guest]] comedy film ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'' and the 1993 drama ''[[What's Eating Gilbert Grape]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108550/locations|title=What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)|work=IMDb|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref> were filmed partly in Lockhart, including the historic courthouse and the town square. The city's [[Walmart]] store was featured in the 2000 film ''[[Where the Heart Is (2000 film)|Where the Heart Is]]''. From 2014-2017, the city was the primary filming location for the second and third seasons of the acclaimed [[HBO]] supernatural drama show [[The_Leftovers_(TV_series)|The Leftovers]], with the town square and courthouse featured prominently in several pivotal scenes.

On July 30, 2016, a hot air balloon [[2016 Lockhart hot air balloon crash|struck a power line and caught on fire]], killing all 16 people on board when it crashed near the unincorporated community of [[Maxwell, Texas|Maxwell]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hot-air-balloon-carrying-16-people-crashes-texas-41015210|title=Officials: No Apparent Survivors in Texas Balloon Crash|publisher=ABC News|access-date=2016-07-31}}</ref>