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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…
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Established in 1818 as an individual claim by James Briton Bailey, a member later of Austin's colony. Born 1779, Bailey was tall, fearless, of Irish stock. At his request, he was buried (1833) standing up, facing west, gun at side. His restl…
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Pioneer Texan noted for his courage, integrity, and eccentric behavior. Came to Texas in 1818 with wife and six children. He settled on what came to be "Bailey's Prairie". Joined Stephen F. Austin's colony, 1824. Bailey became a captain in t…
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In 1850, Mordello Stephen Munson (born in Liberty County in 1825)—son of Henry William Munson (born 1793), a member of Austin's colony—set aside this burial tract for his family and friends. It was at Ridgely Plantation, on Bailey's Pr…
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Kentucky native Albert Sidney Johnston graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1826. He was assigned to posts in New York and Missouri, and served in the Black Hawk War in 1832. He resigned his commission in 1834 to return to Ken…
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/HM1PBU_general-stephen-fuller-austin_Jones-Creek-TX.html
The State of Texas October 18, 1910, removed the remains of General Stephen Fuller Austin, to the capital city of Austin, where they were reinterred in the State Cemetery, and a statue erected over the grave.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBT_james-franklin-perry_Jones-Creek-TX.html
A native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in 1808. He joined the mercantile business of his relatives Samuel and John Perry, and became a partner in 1818.      While living in Potosi, Perry m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBS_emily-margaret-brown-austin-bryan-perry_Jones-Creek-TX.html
Born near Austinville, Virginia, as was her brother Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), Emily moved with her father Moses Austin (1761-1821) and mother Maria Brown Austin (1768-1824) to Missouri in 1798. The family operated lead mines there and fou…
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     Grandson of Moses Austin, whose dream of Anglo-American colony changed course of Texas history.      Came to Texas with his mother and stepfather in 1831; served in Texas army from 1835 to 1838. A highly successful planter, he was …
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