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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Fort Bend County, Texas
Adjacent to Fort Bend County, Texas
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| Near Wallis Street south of Main Street (Farm to Market Road 359). |
| | Albert H. Herzstein was born March 5, 1907, into a Jewish immigrant family in Trinidad, Colorado. The family lived in Clayton, New Mexico, and moved to Denver, Colorado, before Albert moved to Houston in 1925 and began working for a small welding . . . — — Map (db m145886) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1093 0.1 miles west of Lake Hill Farm Way, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Oral tradition says that this cemetery began as a slave cemetery on the plantation of Tennessee native Churchill Fulshear. Many early burials are unmarked, and the oldest headstone is that of Rebecca Scott in 1915. In addition, midwives, a chef, a . . . — — Map (db m157667) HM |
| On Wallis Street 0.1 miles south of Main Street (Farm to Market Road 359), on the right when traveling south. |
| | More than six acres here of the Mexican land grant acquired in 1824 by "Old 300" colonist Churchill Fulshear, Sr., were donated to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, by Churchill Fulshear, Jr., in 1851. Originally Union Chappel Cemetery, it was . . . — — Map (db m145862) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 359 0.2 miles north of Vanbrooke Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Planters preferring the prairie to the hazardous Brazos River bottoms settled this village in the 1840s. Named for store owners A. R. and Amanda (Wade) Pitts, it was a major commercial center by 1860. During the Civil War, the Pittsville Home Guard . . . — — Map (db m145863) HM |
| On Bois d'Arc Lane at Redbird Lane, on the right when traveling south on Bois d'Arc Lane. Reported damaged. |
| | In 1910, J.G. Mayes conveyed two acres of land from the Mason Briscoe estate to the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church at this site. Around 1930, community residents and church members began using the land behind the sanctuary as a . . . — — Map (db m157672) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1093, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On July 16, 1824, land grant of Mexico to Churchill Fulshear, one of the "Old 300" settlers of Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas. Churchill Fulshear, Jr., veteran of Texas War for Independence, built 4-story brick mansion in 1850s, bred and raced . . . — — Map (db m145864) HM |
| On Loop State Highway 541 north of U.S. 59. |
| | The site on which Kendleton now stands was originally a Mexican land grant to settler Elizabeth Powell, whose house was an early-day stage stop.
During the Texas Revolution, in 1836, Santa Anna's Mexican Army camped near here. Later the . . . — — Map (db m4419) HM |
| On Braxton Street just east of Lum Road (Farm to Market Road 2919), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Kendleton was originally a large plantation area of land in the western section of Fort Bend County. During the Reconstruction Era, free Negroes from Colorado and Washington Counties developed a colony of 100-acre plots. Having relocated several . . . — — Map (db m14126) HM |
| On State Highway 2919 near Powell Point School Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | William E. Kendall, an Anglo lawyer from Richmond, Texas, subdivided his plantation here into 100-acre farm tracts in 1869. He sold the land exclusively to Freedmen and by the 1880s a distinctly African American community named Kendleton had . . . — — Map (db m4971) HM |
| On Needville Fairchilds Road at Padon Road, on the left when traveling east on Needville Fairchilds Road. |
| | Located on land purchased by the Needville German Methodist Church from the State of Texas in 1896, this small cemetery began in 1903, when the infant son of the church's pastor, William Sievers, and his wife Alma was buried near the church . . . — — Map (db m156207) HM |
| On Agnes Road at Farm to Market Road 2759, on the right when traveling north on Agnes Road. |
| | Freeman Irby (F.I.) Booth came in 1885 to Richmond, where he met and wed Mildred Ryon Wheat in 1889. They purchased land and built a home here. In the 1890s, Booth brought 30 families from South Carolina to work the land, planting cotton, corn, . . . — — Map (db m158432) HM |
| On South 11th Street (Farm to Market Road 762) at Austin Street, on the right when traveling south on South 11th Street. |
| | This congregation grew out of Episcopal Missionary efforts that began soon after Texas gained its independence from Mexico. In 1859, through the effort of Judge W.E. Kendall, the first church building was erected and the church became a parish. . . . — — Map (db m158436) HM |
| On Houston Street at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Houston Street. |
| | Area was settled in 1822 by members of Stephen F. Austin's colony, who first called their community "Fort Settlement." Earliest known burial was made by Wm. Morton, who donated land for Morton Cemetery. Town was formally laid out 1837 by land . . . — — Map (db m126518) HM |
| On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Jackson Street. |
| | Came to Texas from Georgia, 1838. Clerk, Republic of Texas State Department. Prominent Fort Bend County planter, lawyer, district judge and legislator.
Served as one of the speakers of Texas House of Representatives in critical Civil War . . . — — Map (db m126513) HM |
| On Houston Street at South 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Houston Street. |
| | The Texas Spy Died Nov. 30, 1837 — — Map (db m158530) HM |
| On State Highway 90A at State Highway FM 359, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 90A. |
| | The 95,000 men of military age in Civil War Texas, unaccustomed to walking, preferred the daring and mobility of the cavalry used to scout the enemy, screen troop movements and make lightning attacks. 58,533 Texans joined it, riding their own horses . . . — — Map (db m27748) HM |
| On Morton Street at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Morton Street. |
| | This square was deeded in 1838 to Fort Bend County by Robert E. Handy and William Lusk, founders of Richmond. It was site of 1850-1871 and 1888-1909 courthouses.
Completed here 1888 was a two-story brick Victorian courthouse with bell tower . . . — — Map (db m126515) HM |
| On Houston Street at South 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Houston Street. |
| | Most famous scout in Texas War for Independence. Obeyed Gen. Sam Houston's strategic order, then raised San Jacinto Battle Cry: "Fight for your lives! Vince's Bridge has been cut down."
A native of New York, Smith settled in 1821 in San . . . — — Map (db m126519) HM |
| On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on Jackson Street. |
| | This classical revival building is the fifth courthouse for Fort Bend County, which was organized in 1837. The structure was designed by C. H. Page of Austin and dedicated in 1909. The contractor was the Texas Building Company, also of Austin. . . . — — Map (db m122796) HM |
| On Preston Street at North 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Preston Street. |
| | Completed in 1897, this structure was the third jail building in Fort Bend County. Built to communicate strength and justice to the area's lawless elements, the imposing Romanesque revival style structure features terra cotta decoration and massive . . . — — Map (db m129330) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 359 0.1 miles south of Foster Creek Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Foster Community began in the fall of 1821 as a permanent campsite settled by Randolph Foster (1790-1887) on what was then one of the largest single land grants in Texas (11,601 acres). The John Foster grant, deeded by Stephen F. Austin, came . . . — — Map (db m157742) HM |
| On an unnamed cemetery road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Henry Schumacher (1832-1901), a native of Germany, opened one of the first cottonseed oil mills in this region in 1873, assembling the machinery with only the aid of an old encyclopedia. The oil works produced cottonseed oil, meal, and cake, and . . . — — Map (db m126532) HM |
| On South 4th Street north of Morton Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Born in Maryland in 1798, Jane H. Wilkinson moved to Mississippi (1811) and became the ward of her famous relative, Gen. James Wilkinson, field commander of the United States Army. Jane married Dr. James Long in 1815 and later followed him on a . . . — — Map (db m126517) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 723 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 359, on the left when traveling south. |
| | John Foster was born on May 25, 1757, in South Carolina to William James and Mary (Hill) Foster. Family history indicates he may have served with his brothers in Charleston against a British attack in June 1776. He married Rachel (Gibson), and . . . — — Map (db m156722) HM |
| On Winner Foster Road 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 359, on the left when traveling west. |
| | John Foster (1757-1837) came to Texas in 1822 as a member of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" Colony. He received a grant of about 12,000 acres of land from the Mexican Government. Following his death the land was divided among his ten . . . — — Map (db m157733) HM |
| On an unnamed cemetery road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Member of the Santa
Fe Expedition, 1841
Born in Scotland
Died April 27, 1894 — — Map (db m126525) HM |
| On North 6th Street at Preston Street, on the right when traveling north on North 6th Street. |
| | Phillip Vogel, a German merchant, built this residence in the 1850s. It reflects the simple Greek revival style popular at the time. A. D. McNabb, owner of a saddlery shop, bought the property in 1887. He married Charlien Gloyd, daughter of . . . — — Map (db m129331) HM |
| On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) east of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar The Father of Education in Texas Born in Georgia August 16, 1798 Founded the Columbus Enquirer Came to Texas in 1836 He commanded the cavalry at the Battle of San Jacinto Served successively as Secretary of War, . . . — — Map (db m126864) HM |
| On South 5th Street at Liberty Street, on the right when traveling south on South 5th Street. |
| | Occupied by three generations of the Moore family, this house was built in 1883 by John M. Moore (1862-1940) for his bride Lottie (Dyer). A prosperous rancher, Moore served in the State Legislature and from 1905 to 1913 in the U.S. Congress. He . . . — — Map (db m158525) HM |
| Near Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Burial place of illustrious pioneers, including 1838-1841 Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798-1859) and one of State's first women settlers, Jane Long (1798-1880), known as "The Mother of Texas."
On Labor No. 1 of Mexican land . . . — — Map (db m126485) HM |
| On Commerce Street at North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Commerce Street. |
| | Resting place of many Texas pioneers and heroes. Placed by Texas Society Daughters of American Colonists March 7, 1966 — — Map (db m158444) HM |
| On Morton Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Organized in 1850, the Morton Masonic Lodge was chartered on January 24, 1851. Named for "Old 300" colonist and Mason William Morton, the Lodge began with twenty charter members. The first lodge hall, located on Jackson Street, was replaced in 1855 . . . — — Map (db m126524) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 723 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 359, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Born in the Natchez District of Spanish West Florida on March 12, 1790, Randolph Foster was the son of John and Rachel (Gibson) Foster. After service in Captain Randal Jones' Company during the War of 1812, Randolph hunted and explored throughout . . . — — Map (db m156724) HM |
| Near Eugene Heimann Circle. |
| | Built in November 1821 by
William Little, William
Smithers, Charles Beard,
Joseph Polly, and Henry
Holster. - Its name was
given to the county when
created in 1837. — — Map (db m126486) HM |
| Near Eugene Heinmann Circle 0.2 miles north of William Ways Boulevard. |
| | Father of Texas education. President of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1841. He lived here from 1851 to 1859. — — Map (db m126512) HM |
| On Preston Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m126487) HM |
| On Riverview Drive at Yandell Drive, on the left when traveling north on Riverview Drive. |
| | Where a part of the Mexican Army under command of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna crossed the Brazos on April 14, 1836 en route to an engagement with the Texans This occurred one week later at San Jacinto
Erected by the State of . . . — — Map (db m158527) HM |
| On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Jackson Street. |
| | While Methodist missionaries had served the Richmond area as early as 1824, this congregation was organized January 22, 1839, by the Rev. Jesse Hord. Early members included some of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists. The congregation built this . . . — — Map (db m122795) HM |
| On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Jackson Street. |
| | A native of Scotland, Isaac McFarlane (1840-1900) served with Terry's Texas Rangers during the Civil War and later became a successful merchant in Richmond. This home was constructed for his family in the early 1880s by local builder Thomas Culshaw. . . . — — Map (db m122759) HM |
| On an unnamed cemetery road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Born in Virginia 1808, reared in Georgia. Fought in Texas War for Independence, 1836, under James W. Fannin at Refugio Mission. Captured at Goliad, was spared to repair guns for Mexican Army. Escaped during Battle of San Jacinto.
Settled in . . . — — Map (db m126526) HM |
| On an unnamed cemetery road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Born a slave in North Carolina, Walter Moses Burton was brought to Texas about 1860. At the end of the Civil War, he purchased land from his former owner, Thomas B. Burton, from whom he had also learned to read and write. Walter Burton became a . . . — — Map (db m126527) HM |
| Near Commerce Street at North 3rd Street. |
| | This marker was dedicated January 27, 2001 on the 150th anniversary of Morton Lodge No. 72 A.F. & A.M. honoring the memory of William Morton, a Masonic brother who was one of the first settlers of Richmond. He acquired this labor of land (177 . . . — — Map (db m158448) HM |
| On Avenue G near 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | A native of Arkansas, Charles Harvey Waddell came to Texas with his family at an early age. He became an automobile dealer in 1910 and in 1914 formed the Fort Bend Telephone Company. He served as County Tax Collector from 1919 to 1922, and . . . — — Map (db m158452) HM |
| On 1st Street (State Highway 36) at Avenue I (County Route 1640), on the right when traveling north on 1st Street. |
| | In 1896, three Baptist men organized this church. T.E. Muse served as the first pastor from 1898 to 1900. The 1900 Galveston hurricane destroyed an unfinished church building. Services were held in a nearby church and in a rail car until a . . . — — Map (db m92422) HM |
| On Avenue G at 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west on Avenue G. |
| | Founded in 1914, the Fort Bend Telephone Company began when Charles H. Waddell purchased nine individual telephone lines in the Needville community and established a central switchboard exchange. The company grew quickly and soon connected the . . . — — Map (db m158456) HM |
| On Carlisle Street at Avenue J, on the right when traveling south on Carlisle Street. |
| | Julius Edward Junker (1891-1972) contributed significantly to the civic and agricultural development of Rosenberg and Fort Bend County. He was a founder of the First National Bank of Rosenberg in 1925 and served as County Chairman of "New Deal" . . . — — Map (db m158511) HM |
| On Mustang Avenue at Herndon Drive, on the right when traveling east on Mustang Avenue. |
| | Born 1798 in Georgia. Came to Texas 1835. Became involved immediately in movement for independence from Mexico. Upon fall of the Alamo and news of Goliad Massacre, joined Texas Army as a private, as Houston moved eastward toward San Jacinto. . . . — — Map (db m126520) HM |
| On Avenue G at 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west on Avenue G. |
| | The Robinowitz family immigrated to the United States from Russia between 1898 and 1910. Beginning a new life in Texas, the brothers worked as peddlers for several years before opening stores in Richmond, Beasley, and Rosenberg. As merchants and . . . — — Map (db m158454) HM |
| On 4th Street at City Hall Drive, on the right when traveling south on 4th Street. |
| | Founded on a site in original Mexican Land Grant of early settler Henry Scott, where a small, nameless shipping point existed on the Brazos early as 1830. The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad had tracks here before 1860. Town developed . . . — — Map (db m158523) HM |
| On Avenue D at Brazos Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue D. |
| | The Rosenberg Cemetery, formerly the Woodmen of the World (W.O.W.) Cemetery, had its beginnings in three separate but adjacent cemeteries - the W.O.W. Cemetery, and Moers and Klauke additions. Although it includes burials dating to the 1890s, the . . . — — Map (db m158535) HM |
| Near 4th Street at City Hall Drive. |
| | Developed and Erected By The Rosenberg Sesquicentennial Committee Jill Beard & Margaret Gonzales Co-Chairmen
As a gift to the City of Rosenberg on the occasion of the Texas Sesquicentennial 1986
In grateful appreciation to those members . . . — — Map (db m158524) HM WM |
| On Avenue G at 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue G. |
| | This post office was established in 1881, a year after Rosenberg was founded on the newly laid route of the Santa Fe Railroad. Early post office locations include a hotel and a general store. Parcel Post service began in 1913, and by 1928 . . . — — Map (db m158464) HM |
| On Avenue G at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue G. |
| | Built in 1910 by Jacob Gray, this building was leased by Louis A. Vogelsang (1874-1961) in 1916 for his general merchandise business. Vogelsang bought the property in 1922, and continued to operate his store at this site until 1947. The early . . . — — Map (db m158462) HM |
| On Alternate U.S. 90A, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Planned 1840 to benefit the Republic of Texas by moving rich sugar and cotton crops from plantation areas. Chartered 1841 by 5th Congress of the Republic, in name of Harrisburg Railroad & Trading Company.
H. R. & T. C. did not succeed in . . . — — Map (db m73448) HM |
| On Dulles Avenue at Viking Lane, on the right when traveling south on Dulles Avenue. |
| | One of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300," William J. Stafford (1764-1840), founded the settlement of Stafford's Point on the 6819.7-acre land grant he received in the winter of 1824. Bringing his family and slaves from his Louisiana sugar . . . — — Map (db m27781) HM |
| On Old Richmond Road at Pheasant Creek Drive, on the right when traveling north on Old Richmond Road. |
| | A veteran of "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion's South Carolina brigade during the American Revolution,
Alexander Hodge (b. 1760) brought his family to Texas in 1825. Hodge was prominent among
the "Old Three Hundred" settlers; his sons fought in the . . . — — Map (db m27747) HM |
| On Easton Avenue at Anfield Way, on the left when traveling south on Easton Avenue. |
| | Prior to the Civil War, this rich river bottom land was known for its cotton, corn and sugar cane crops and sugar mill. With the emancipation of slaves in 1865, area plantation owners struggled to work the fields and mill. In 1878, landowners L.A. . . . — — Map (db m157744) HM |
| On Wood Street just south of Lakeview Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A public school was established as early as 1912 for families moving to the company town of Sugar Land. In 1918, the State Legislature created Sugar Land Independent School District No.17, with the requirement that at least two of the seven board . . . — — Map (db m157771) HM |
| On Sugar Land Street 0 miles west of Brooks Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The center of the sugar industry from Texas colonial days and the site of the first sugar refinery in Texas located by S. M. Williams on land granted to him by the Mexican government. — — Map (db m27764) HM |
| On U.S. 90A at Midway Drive, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 90A. |
| | Central State Farm's roots trace to the late 1870s, when the original 5235 acres of the sugar plantation here were worked by convict labor. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, public sentiment largely supported a self-sustaining prison system, . . . — — Map (db m28499) HM |
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