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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A7I_home-of-thomas-jefferson-chambers_Anahuac-TX.html
Surveyor General of Texas, 1829. Sole superior judge of Texas before 1836. Active in the cause of independence. Member of Secession Convention, 1861. Chambersea, later Anahuac, and a Texas county were named in his honor.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A50_james-taylor-white_Anahuac-TX.html
A veteran of the War of 1812, James Taylor White (b.1789) migrated to this area from Louisiana in 1828. As a rancher, he developed one of the largest herds of Longhorn cattle in southeast Texas.
On White's ranch in June 1832, area colonists signe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A4T_lone-star-canal_Anahuac-TX.html
Berriman Richard Garland (1840-1918), a native of Indiana, saw the need for fresh water for rice crops in east Chambers County. Garland and A. L. Williams began in 1902 acquiring land and constructing this irrigation canal. It started at the mouth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A4R_the-dr-n-t-schilling-medical-office_Anahuac-TX.html
Nicholas T. Schilling, born in Bavaria on Nov. 28, 1845, came as a small child with his parents to the United States. He served in the Civil War (1861-65) as a youthful volunteer in the Maryland cavalry. In 1872, he received his M.D. degree from t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A4L_graydon_Anahuac-TX.html
The farming community of Graydon flourished along the west fork of Double Bayou at the turn of the century. Benjamin F. Sterling (1831-1917), one of the earliest settlers in the area, brought his family here in 1869. He is credited with starting a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A4K_chambersea_Anahuac-TX.html
Built in 1845. Home of Thomas Jefferson Chambers, early civic and business leader whose love for Texas was proclaimed by the "Star" window in the west gable.
The modest board-and-batten pioneer house has another unique feature in the graceful, sp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A3X_chambers-county_Anahuac-TX.html
Formed from Jefferson and Liberty counties.
Created February 12, 1858. Organized August 2, 1858.
Named in honor of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers
1802-1865
The first and only superior judge of Texas before the Revolution. Member of Secessio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MHN_anahuac-oil-and-gas-field_Anahuac-TX.html
Although oil production of major value began in Chambers County in 1916, this prolific Anahuac field was discovered on March 3, 1935, with completion of Humble Oil & Refining Company's A. D. Middleton No. 1 (1.8 mi. SE). The camp which housed Humb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MGT_birthplace-of-governor-ross-shaw-sterling-1875-1949_Anahuac-TX.html
Governor of Texas 1931-33, during critical years of the Depression. Born and reared on family farm here.
As a youth hoeing these fields, learned to stay ahead by taking "3 or 4 licks" while others took 2. followed this vigorous philosophy throu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MFR_fort-anahuac_Anahuac-TX.html
Known as Perry's Point until 1825, Anahuac was a port of entry for early Texas colonists. In 1830 the Mexican government established a military post here to collect customs duties and to enforce the law of April 6, 1830, which curtailed further An…