Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
Montgomery County was the third county formed in Texas. In the 1820's Stephen F. Austin brought 4 colonies to Texas. The 4th & last colony came to Montgomery County. The settlers received Mexican land grants. They shared their land, built log cabins . . . — — Map (db m180121) HM
On North Thompson Street, on the right when traveling south.
Established in the forest in 1881 as Isaac Conroe's sawmill, 2-1/2 mi. east of present site, at juncture of two railroads, first named Conroe's Switch; then Conroe's; in 1890, Conroe.
Lumbering brought prosperity. Chosen county seat in 1889. . . . — — Map (db m117345) HM
On North Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
On February 21, 1911 around 1:30 in the morning, a fire broke out in the Capitol Drug Store on Chambers (today North Main) Street. The blaze was well underway before it was discovered and northerly winds began sweeping the flames southeastward . . . — — Map (db m117347) HM
On Farm to Market Road 3083 at Albert Moorehead Road, on the left when traveling north on Road 3083.
One of the great petroleum areas of the Texas coastal region. Opened December 13, 1931, by the discovery well of George Strake (No. 1 South Texas Development Company), about 1.4 miles west of here. Initial daily flow: 15,000,000 cubic feet of gas, . . . — — Map (db m173797) HM
On Simonton Street at North Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Simonton Street.
A long distance telephone line ran from Houston to Gilbert's Drug Store in Conroe before Mr. Gilbert and Albert Madeley began a local telephone exchange in the store in 1899. Soon after, George Madeley purchased the exchange, naming it Conroe . . . — — Map (db m117348) HM
On Saddlewood Drive, 0.1 miles east of Old Conroe Road.
Born at Trittiford in Hall Green, near Birmingham, England, in 1815, George Bell Madeley emigrated to Texas about 1845. In Harrisburg he met and wed Helen Adeline Grant (b.1821), a native of Yardley, England. The following year they established . . . — — Map (db m213630) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
The Texas Lone Star flag was designed by Montgomery County resident, Dr. Charles B. Stewart. Dr. Stewart signed the Texas Declaration of Independence as well as designing the Texas flag. The flag was officially designated in 1839. On May 30, 1997 . . . — — Map (db m180188) HM
On North Thompson Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Montgomery County Courthouse in the center of downtown Conroe memorializes the remarkable history of one of the oldest counties in the state of Texas. Montgomery County is the third county created by the Republic of Texas, originally part of the . . . — — Map (db m117350) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
Whispers of oil discovery started in the early 1900's in Montgomery County. Gas and oil seeps had been noticed near the center of the present oil field. Local men formed several oil companies and started exploration in 1919 through 1924 but were . . . — — Map (db m180106) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
Was on top of their Mobil Gas Service Station dating from the early 1930's at the corner of Frazier and Phillips Streets. This thoroughfare, Frazier or US 75, was the Main Highway between Houston and Dallas. — — Map (db m180183) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
This 1904 printing press was the first used at the Conroe Courier. Mr. Wm. Perey McComb was the original owner. It was operated for a short time to produce an agriculture publication. McComb then sold the press to the Courier. The first newspaper . . . — — Map (db m180118) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
The railroad was built in the early 1870's through Montgomery County. The first line crossed the county on a north/south route, it was the International & Great Northern (now Missouri Pacific). A short while later the Gulf Colorado RR took an east / . . . — — Map (db m180184) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
These types of mills were used by farmers to make rough lumber to build their barns, stock pens and fences. They usually had a co-op ownership of several farmers and moved around from farm to farm, as were needed..
Early settlers started an . . . — — Map (db m180115) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
The Strake-Gray Oilfield House was purchased by George Strake, Sr. for his first oilfield superintendent in 1938. The house was originally located at 11585 Duffey Road off FM 1314. It represents the typical front gable single story bungalow-style . . . — — Map (db m180101) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West demands Street.
The Strake-Gray Roughneck Bunkhouse was relocated from 11585 Duffey Lane, Conroe, Tx on August 23, 2015 and placed near the Strake-Gray Oilfield House in the Museum Complex of the Heritage Museum of Montgomery County. Clyde Thomas "Dolly" Gray's . . . — — Map (db m180099) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
The Grogan-Cochran house was built in 1924 by James G. Grogan, Sr., who was prominent in the lumber industry at that time. This single-story frame house was built for his family in the Texas Bungalow architectural style that was common during the . . . — — Map (db m180124) HM
On Avenue A at North 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue A.
A native of New Jersey, Isaac Conroe (1834-1897) served with the Union army during the Civil War. Moving to Southeast Texas with his wife Margaret (Richardson) (1846-1896) in 1866, he lived at Lynchburg and Houston. In 1878 he built a sawmill at . . . — — Map (db m117363) HM
On West Pauline Street east of North Thompson Street, on the left when traveling east.
Architect Blum E. Hester, who
designed the Creighton Theatre,
drew the plans for this house
in 1933. Built for William Arthur
"Bay" Evans (1900-1954) and his wife
Garnet, the residence features
elements of the Renaissance
Revival Style. A . . . — — Map (db m236353) HM
Near North Freeway Service Road, 0.1 miles south of West Semands Street.
This trough represents a short lived industry. In the late 1800s, the US Government placed an embargo on Cuban tobacco cigars. Some innovative farmers took advantage of this and began growing tobacco. The grade of tobacco grown in Montgomery County . . . — — Map (db m180111) HM