On Miller Road (State Highway 61), on the right when traveling west.
Formed from Jefferson and Liberty counties.
Created February 12, 1858. Organized August 2, 1858.
Named in honor of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers
1802-1865
The first and only superior judge of Texas before the Revolution. Member of . . . — — Map (db m121264) HM
On Main Street (State Road 227) at Sam Houston Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Pioneer, lawyer, statesman, and leader of the Texas victory over Mexico at San Jacinto, General Sam Houston began a relationship with Liberty County in 1833 that was based on land ownership which continued until his death in 1863. During those years . . . — — Map (db m117002) HM
On Spindletop Road near Ohio Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Here from 1862 to 1864, camped Colonel A. W. Spaight's Battalion, 2nd Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army, composed of soldiers from Jefferson, Liberty, and Chambers counties. Their presence here served to prevent invasion of this part of . . . — — Map (db m239913) HM
Near Wyoming Street, on the right when traveling north.
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 and . . . — — Map (db m53617) HM
On North Texas Avenue north of Miller Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Texas Legislature formed Chambers County in 1858, and Wallisville became the county's first seat of government. The 1869 Texas Constitution called for the creation of free public schools for white and black children to be partially funded by the . . . — — Map (db m239907) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1409 0.5 miles north of Farm to Market Road 565, on the right when traveling north.
Formed as a channel of the meandering Trinity River, Old River rises in southwestern Liberty County and flows to the southeast, joining the Trinity in northwestern Chambers County. During the 1820s and 1830s the tributary was the center of early . . . — — Map (db m190780) HM
On South Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87), on the right when traveling north.
The Beach Road is the coastal section of the Texas Highway 87 system. Stretching along the Gulf of Mexico from Sabine Pass through Chambers County to Port Bolivar in Galveston County, it follows a historic route that proved vital to the early . . . — — Map (db m118676) HM
On Woodland Lane 0.2 miles west of Erin Street, on the left when traveling west.
Robert Wiseman immigrated to Texas in 1825 and received a land grant in 1831 on the banks of Old River in what is now Chambers County. Wiseman sold his land in 1853 to Dr. Edward G. Hartman. Dr. Hartman's wife, Mary Francis Hartman, died about 1853 . . . — — Map (db m190789) HM
On Wallisville Road (Farm to Market Road 563) 1 mile south of Santa Anna Avenue (U.S. 90), on the right when traveling south.
In 1943 Liberty County Agricultural Agent Gordon Hart and a rice farm labor committee consisting of J.M. Rich, Jimmy Trousdale, M. E. Peterson, Pat Boyt and J.F. Clark negotiated an agreement with the U.S. Army to deliver German prisoners of war, . . . — — Map (db m206569) HM
On Wallisville Road (Farm to Market Road 563) 1 mile south of Santa Anna Avenue (U.S. 90), on the right when traveling south.
At the turn of the 20th century, Liberty was a thriving and growing city with many commercial buildings, hotels, schools and churches. In April, 1909, a devastating fire destroyed much of downtown. As Liberty began to rebuild, the Business League . . . — — Map (db m206567) HM
On Louisiana Route 9 1 mile north of Forest Grove Road, on the left when traveling north.
Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett, the legendary lawman credited with killing "Billy the Kid," was born in Chambers County, Alabama on June 5, 1850. His family immigrated to Claiborne Parish in 1853 and established a large plantation on lands . . . — — Map (db m274251) HM
On Avenue F/ Martin Luther King Drive near 9th Street, on the left when traveling east.
Dr. Rufus W. Bailey, a teacher, minister and attorney educated in New England, came to Huntsville as a language professor at Austin College in 1855. He acquired an eight-acre tract on this site and erected a house which he named "Buena Vista," but . . . — — Map (db m66314) HM
On Washington Avenue (State Highway 61) south of North Court Street, on the right when traveling south.
Named after Texas pioneer Major General Thomas Jefferson Chambers, Chambers County was established in 1858. Until the early 20th century, Wallisville was the county seat and the location for the first three Chambers County courthouses. They were . . . — — Map (db m157357) HM
On Unnamed roads within the park at Unnamed roads within the park, on the right when traveling west on Unnamed roads within the park.
Known as Perry's Point until 1825, Anahuac was a port of entry for early Texas colonists. In 1830 the Mexican government established a military post here to collect customs duties and to enforce the law of April 6, 1830, which curtailed further . . . — — Map (db m117180) HM
On Church Road 0.3 miles west of Smith Point Road (Farm to Market Road 562), on the right when traveling west.
This church was established in 1869 by a group of former slaves who had settled in the rural Double Bayou community. Land at this site was deeded to the congregation in the 1870s by charter member Martha Godfrey, who also donated the original tract . . . — — Map (db m213821) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 207) 0.1 miles north of Avenue B (Farm to Market Road 565), on the left when traveling north.
Originally known as "Big Hill" and later "Barbers Hill", Mont Belvieu was first settled by Amos Barber (1814-1885). Born in Louisiana, he came to Texas as a youth and in 1848 married Susan Ann Hodges Fitzgerald (1827-1910). In 1849 he hauled logs on . . . — — Map (db m190777) HM
On Broadway Avenue (Farm to Market Road 1406) at 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east on Broadway Avenue.
Site is on 1835 James Hoggatt Grant from Mexico. As late as 1890s, small tracts were homesteaded here. Named for Fox Winnie (1843-1927), a contractor and investor of Newton, Kans., who with L.P. Featherstone in 1895 built Gulf & Interstate Railway . . . — — Map (db m213847) HM
On West Texas Avenue at S Gaillard Street, on the right when traveling east on West Texas Avenue.
Located in the Gulf Coast region and situated mostly within Harris County plus a small portion of Chambers County, the City of Baytown is bordered by eight bays: Burnet, Crystal, Scott, Mitchell, Black Duck, San Jacinto, Tabbs and Galveston Bay. The . . . — — Map (db m282281) HM
On County Road 16 at Bacon Cove Road (County Road 75), on the right when traveling south on County Road 16.
Pottery-Making Families of Randolph County
During the 1830s, pottery-making families moved directly from the Carolinas and Georgia. Most came from the Edgefield District of western South Carolina, which boasted an important pottery-making . . . — — Map (db m118124) HM
On Feeder Road to Interstate 10 0.3 miles west of Wallisville Liberty Road, on the right when traveling east.
Settled in 1825 by Elisha H. R. Wallis, a pioneer from Georgia, on land in grant of Joseph Vehlein, a contractor working to place colonists in Texas.
Chambers County was organized 1858; Wallisville was made county seat. A post office was . . . — — Map (db m117188) HM
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