Straža kot naselje skupaj z Vavto vasjo se je začela razvijati v smeri moderne oziroma prihajajoče industrijske dobe v času Auerspergove lesne dejavnosti. Izkoriščanje roškega lesnega bogastva je terjalo sodobne povezave s svetom. Tako je bila v Vavti vasi na desnem bregu Krke 22. aprila 1878 zgrajena šola. Leta 1894 pa je v Stražo prisopihala dolenjska železnica, ob kateri se je razcvetela parna žaga. Električno luč sta obe naselji dobili tik pred drugo svetovno vojno, 8 junija 1940.Poleg razvoja so prebivalci pod Srobotnikom doživljali tudi hude trenutke. Kužno znamenje ob zgornji poti vinogradov oznanja, do kje je divjala kuga. Vinograde jim je v letu 1900 - 1901 skoraj uničila trtna uš, leto kasneje pa hud mraz. Srčno so jih obnovili z ameriškimi sortami.Pravi industrijski razcvet in lokalno občinsko oblast je Straža kot krajevno območje z nekaj vasmi doživela šele po vojni. Iz nekdanje žage je nastal moderen lesni industrijski gigant, iz skromnega, zastarelega tovornega prevoznega parka sodobno tranzitno tovorno in potniško podjetje z zametki gostinstva, močna ekonomska enota pa je bil tudi gozdni gospodarski sektor. Tako sta ob tradicionalnem, a skrčenem privatnem kmetijskem in živinorejskem zaposlitvenem področju, dopolnjenim z vinogradništvom, rasli lesna in tranzitna panoga, kar je izoblikovalo občino vse do njene nasilne ukinitve v letu 1960 z močno materialno in socialno ter duhovno osnovo.
Straža as a settlement with Vavta vas has evolved into a modern and upcoming industrial age at the time of Auersperg timber activities. Exploitation of wood resources Roški the loss of connection to the modern world. Thus, in Vavta vas on the right bank of the Krka 22 April 1878 -built school. In 1894 Straža got a dolenjska railway along whith the bloom of steam sawmill. The two vilages have just got Electric light, before the Second World War, 8 June 1940. Besides development of people under the Srobotnik, they also experienced serious moments. Plague monument along the upper path vineyards announce to where the plague raged. Their vineyards in 1900 - 1901 almost destroyed the grape downy blight, a year later extreme cold. They were heartly rebuilt with American type of grape varieties. First industrial boom and the local municipal government was guarded as a local area with some villages came only after the war. From the former saw was created modern timber industry giant, from a modest, outdated freight transport fleet modern transit cargo and passenger catering company with beginnings, a strong economic unit was the forest sector of the economy. Thus, the traditional, but retracted the private agricultural, livestock and employment field, complemented with wine, grown wood and transit industry, which has shaped the municipality until her violent abolition in 1960 with strong material, social and spiritual foundation.