Old Town Spring began as a railroad town back in the late 1800's. As the railroad came southward to Texas, it finally arrived in Houston. Houston began to flourish and become industrialized creating the need to get materials in and out of the area. Another set of tracks was coming south through East Texas and that track came right through what is now Old Town Spring on it's way into Houston. As the workers came closer to Old Town Spring, it was after a long cold winter and they were looking forward to the warmer weather ahead. In fact, they were so exited that spring was coming, when they got to this area, they named it "Camp Spring". Camp Spring was located on the International and Great Northern Railroad line. Camp was eventually dropped from the name and Spring became a small railroad town. In the 1900's, many hotels, saloons, cafes, blacksmith shops, general stores and banks were built in the small town. For the railroad, they built a train yard (still in operation today south of Old Town Spring) depot, roundhouse, and water tower to supply the old steam engines with water. There are a few old stories about a few of the natives swimming in the old water tower. Spring flourished until the twenties when the railroad moved their head--quarters to Houston. Then the Great Depression occurred in 1930 and the boom days of Spring were over.

The boom days of Spring may have been over as a railroad town, but Spring was to be revitalized again. This time Spring was to become a shopping community with a quaint old railroad feel. The idea of the shopping community was all based around the Spring Cafe' (now Wunsche Brothers). Many people would flock down to Spring to eat one of those old fashioned hand-pattied burgers.

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