Welcome to the "place that time forgot" - Calvert, Texas. Below you will be introduced to some of the wonderful facts and strange fantasies that make up this small Texas town which was once the third largest city in the state of Texas. A Boom-town made by the railroad and a group of entrepreneurs that would make any city proud, Calvert has seen the ups and downs of almost a century and a half.History:A letter dated June 26, 1852, to the Grand Lodge of Texas from Gillespie Lodge No. 55, located at Wheelock, Texas, asked for a charter for Brazos Lodge to work under dispensation at Sterling on the Brazos. Their ...