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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEN_titlum-tatlum-historical_Freeport-TX.html
Nearby island, resort for fishermen, hunters, small boats. During the Civil War, 1861-65, used by such captains as H.C. Wedemeyer, a peacetime shipbuilder, as base for operations defying Federal blockade.
Ships loaded with cotton entered waterw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEK_freeport-national-bank-historical_Freeport-TX.html
The Freeport Sulphur Company was instrumental in the founding and early development of the city of Freeport and the region. It was incorporated on July 12, 1912, and then organized the Freeport Townsite Company with the purpose of developing a cit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PC2_stringfellow-ranch_Freeport-TX.html
Born at Old Brazoria, Robert Edward Lee Stringfellow (1866-1941) began his career on a cattle ranch at the age of 14. Soon he acquired his own herd. He opened a Velasco meat market in 1890 and provided beef for workers building jetties at the mout…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CX4_site-of-san-luis_Freeport-TX.html
Located on an island owned by Stephen F. Austin in 1832, the town of San Luis was established by the early 1830s. In 1836 the Follett family opened a boardinghouse and established a ferry service between Galveston and Brazoria County. Developers s…