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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29SC_clemville_Bay-City-TX.html
Originally part of land granted to early colonist Henry Parker, this was a rural farming and ranching area until 1908 when F.J. Hardy discovered oil and formed the Hardy Oil Company. By 1911, F.J. Clemenger had settled in the community, then known…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29SB_bay-city-library_Bay-City-TX.html
Organized in 1912, the Bay City Public Library was first housed in the J. P. Keller Insurance Company office. The non-profit Bay City Library Association, also formed in 1912, spearheaded community fund raising efforts to operate the library. Land…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29S2_matagorda-county-confederate-memorial-a-war-memorial_Bay-City-TX.html
1861-1865
To the memory of
our
Confederate
Soldiers.
"Lest We Forget."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29RR_old-bay-city-bank_Bay-City-TX.html
Established 1898, four years after founding of Bay City. Private bank. Owners: Henry Rugeley, Frank Hawkins. This building erected 1903, site of many investment transactions important to Texas Gulf Coast development.
Recorded Texas Historic Lan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28C0_sugar-cane-mill_Bay-City-TX.html
Sugar cane mills were used to make syrup from the sweet sorghum cane that grew extensively along Caney Creek in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Once the cane was stripped, topped, and cut, it was hand-fed into one side of the mill. A series …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27OL_matagorda-county_Bay-City-TX.html
Organized March 6, 1834, into the
Mexican municipality of Matagorda
Created a county of the same name
in 1836
Organized in 1837
Named for the Bay
on which it fronts
County Seat, Matagorda 1837-1894
Bay City, since
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27OK_matagorda-county_Bay-City-TX.html
Early home of the Karankawa Indians. Landing place of LaSalle in 1685. Settled 1822-1836 by colonists of Stephen F. Austin. The municipality of Matagorda organized under the Mexican Government on March 6, 1834. Became on March 17, 1836, Matagorda …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TF9_bay-city-post-office-historical_Bay-City-TX.html
An election in the fall of 1894 resulted in the relocation of the Matagorda county seat from the city of Matagorda to Bay Prairie (now Bay City). D.P. Moore, the postmaster at the nearby small town of Elliott, owned property in the new town and mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OET_elliotts-ferry_Bay-City-TX.html
During the early days of Anglo-American colonization in Texas, the Matagorda Bay Prairie area was an important route for people traveling between settlements. A convenient river crossing was a necessity, and a ferry was established on the Thomas C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKU9_confederate-defenses-at-the-mouth-of-caney-creek_Bay-City-TX.html
During the Civil War (1861-65), Federal forces tried several times to seize Texas ports. Galveston was taken on October 5, 1862, but recaptured by a Confederate army on January 1, 1863. Lt. Dick Dowling's troops stopped a Federal invasion at Sabin…