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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10LU_will-you-come-to-the-bower-battle-of-san-jacinto_La-Porte-TX.html
To the tune of "Will You Come to the Bower," the Texans advanced; "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!" was their cry. With cannons and gunshot, clubs and Bowie knives they fought — no quarter was given; the rout was complete — the sl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10AY_goose-creek-stream_Baytown-TX.html
The name Goose Creek was originated by Indians because in ages past it was a gathering place for huge flocks of geese. On map used by the LaSalle expedition (1684-1687) carries the label Goose Creek on this small stream. During the Civil War (1863…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10AM_san-jacinto-battleground-park_La-Porte-TX.html
(part 1)The movement to set aside the San Jacinto Battleground as a patriotic shrine was begun in 1856, when a group of Texas veterans assembled here started a fund for a monument to the nine men who fell in the battle. In 1883 the State purchased…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10AL_site-of-battle-of-san-jacinto-1836_La-Porte-TX.html
Near here on the afternoon of April 21, 1836, the army of The Republic of Texas commanded by General Sam Houston was drawn up to attack an invading Mexican army commanded by General Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1096_confederate-naval-works-at-goose-creek_Baytown-TX.html
In 1854, brothers Thomas and John Chubb bought land in the William Scott League on the east bank of Goose Creek at the mouth of Tabbs Bay. On this site, they established the Chubb Shipyard prior to the Civil War. At the time, Texas shipbuilding wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1095_the-bayland-guards_Baytown-TX.html
On April 27, 1861, Dr. Ashbel Smith organized a group of volunteers from Bayland (now Baytown) and Cedar Bayou in Harris County, and Barbers Hill in Chambers County. The group, known as the Bayland Guards, drilled on Smith's Evergreen Plantation a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1094_bayland-orphanage_Baytown-TX.html
Established in 1866 by Texas Confederate veterans for children of deceased soldiers. Had capacity for 250. Rev. Henry F. Gillette was first superintendent. C. S. A. Col. Ashbel Smith, diplomat, soldier and statesman, was staff doctor. trustees inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1093_bell-prairie_Baytown-TX.html
Once located southwest of this site was the home of Henry Falvel Gillette (1816-1896). A native of Connecticut, Gillette came to Texas in 1840 at the urging of his cousin, Ashbel Smith. He became a noted educator in Harris, Washington, and Polk co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM108X_k-nesseth-israel-synagogue_Baytown-TX.html
In response to area population growth following the early 20th century Goose Creek oil field boom, twenty incorporating members formed the K'Nesseth Israel congregation in 1928 to serve the area's Jewish residents. They hired Houston architect Leo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM108W_first-city-hall-and-jail_La-Porte-TX.html
In its early days, La Porte had little need for a city hall or jail. City Council meetings were held in various vacant buildings around town and the few lawbreakers were placed either in an old abandoned ice house or locked in a convenient box car…