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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXXP_wedells-corner_Texas-City-TX.html
Site, childhood home of Jimmy (1900-1934) and Walter (1901-1935) Wedell - aviation pioneers. Jimmy designed, built, raced planes with financier Harry Williams Operated early airline at time of death in crash, held world's land plane speed record. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXXO_old-bay-lake-ranch_Texas-City-TX.html
Established by Guy M. Bryan (1821-1901), nephew of Stephen F. Austin, "Father of Texas." Bryan was one of couriers for Wm. B. Travis's Alamo letter. Served in State Legislature (where he was a Speaker of the House) and U. S. Congress. Aide to Conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXXN_site-of-austinia_Texas-City-TX.html
Empresario Stephen F. Austin urged Mexico to improve foreign trade by establishing ports in the Galveston area as early as 1825. Historical references suggest Austinia was settled in the 1830s as part of Austin's foreign trade efforts in this area…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXXM_shoal-point-and-half-moon-shoal-lighthouse_Texas-City-TX.html
A number of families settled along Galveston Bay in the 1830s after land grants were awarded to veterans of the republic of Texas army and navy. An early community at this site became known officially as Shoal Point in 1878 when a U. S. Post Offic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXXL_william-jefferson-jones_Texas-City-TX.html
Virginia native William Jefferson Jones received his license to practice law at age 19. He was an associate of Mirabeau B. Lamar, future president of the Republic of Texas, in a Georgia newspaper enterprise. Urged by Lamar to move to Texas, Jones …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXVC_f-100f-north-american-super-sabre_Texas-City-TX.html
Military aviation evolved from those primitive beginningsOf military "flying machines" in service prior tothe First World Way and used for training in Texas City in 1913. The F-100F United States AirForce fighter represents the highlysophisticated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXV9_texas-city-memorial-cemetery_Texas-City-TX.html
On April 16 and 17, 1947, disastrous explosions aboard two ships docked at the Texas City port killed hundreds of people. In the weeks that followed, relief workers led by the American Red Cross and other volunteers labored to identify the victims…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXV8_s-s-grandcamp-anchor_Texas-City-TX.html
This anchor was blown from the S.S. Grandcamp when this ship blew up on April 16, 1947, while moored at Texas City Terminal docks. The anchor, which weighed approximately 3200 lbs. originally, was projected from the ship to a point on Pan American…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXV7_sociedad-mutualista-mexicana-in-texas-city_Texas-City-TX.html
In the 1870s native Tejanos organized Sociedades Mutualistas, mutual aid societies designed to protect their interests from the growing Anglo population of Texas. Although most of the early settlers of this area were of English, French, and German…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXUW_friendswood_Friendswood-TX.html
This community was founded in 1895 by a group of Friends (Quakers) led by F. J. Brown and T. H. Lewis. They acquired the land from J. C. League and named the settlement Friendswood.
From the very beginning, church and school were central to the…