In the fall of 1967, while L.A. Otter and son,
Alvin, were shrimping in their new boat, the
Lydia Gail, in Trinity Bay near Lonesome
Reef, an anchor became entangled in their
net. They retrieved the anchor, and it was
sandblasted and painted . . . — — Map (db m163903) HM
On Eagle Road (Farm to Market Road 563) 0.4 miles south of Crossover Road, on the left when traveling south.
Governor of Texas 1931-33, during critical years of the Depression. Born and reared on family farm here.
As a youth hoeing these fields, learned to stay ahead by taking "3 or 4 licks" while others took 2. Followed this vigorous philosophy . . . — — Map (db m86614) 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 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 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 White Park Road, 0.1 miles west of Texas Highway 61, on the left when traveling west.
On July 30, 1955, members of the East and West Chambers County Farm Bureaus and their families held a picnic in Fort Anahuac Park (4 mi. S) which included a variety of youth events and games. The success of the picnic resulted in a sense of unity, . . . — — Map (db m60319) HM
On Cummings Street west of Washington Avenue (State Highway 61), on the right when traveling east.
Built in 1845. Home of Thomas Jefferson Chambers, early civic and business leader whose love for Texas was proclaimed by the "Star" window in the west gable.
The modest board-and-batten pioneer house has another unique feature in the graceful, . . . — — Map (db m121263) HM
On Miller Street (State Highway 61) at Magnolia Avenue South, on the right when traveling west on Miller Street.
In the spring of 1832, Wm. B. Travis, Patrick C. Jack and other American settlers in Texas were unjustly imprisoned by Col. Juan Bradburn, commander of the Mexican garrison at Anahuac. Bradburn's refusal to deliver his prisoners for civil trial . . . — — Map (db m157356) 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 this site first known as Perry's Point, a fort, established in 1830 by General Manuel Mier y Terán for the purpose of halting Anglo-American colonization was named Anahuac, the Aztec name of Mexico City, then the capital of Texas. The . . . — — Map (db m117183) HM
On Eagle Road, 2.8 miles south of Sykes Road (Farm to Market Road 2936), on the right when traveling north.
The farming community of Graydon flourished along the west fork of Double Bayou at the turn of the century. Benjamin F. Sterling (1831-1917), one of the earliest settlers in the area, brought his family here in 1869. He is credited . . . — — Map (db m121360) HM
On Washington Avenue (State Highway 61) at Cummings Street, on the right when traveling south on Washington Avenue.
Surveyor General of Texas, 1829. Sole superior judge of Texas before 1836. Active in the cause of independence. Member of Secession Convention, 1861. Chambersea, later Anahuac, and a Texas county were named in his honor. — — Map (db m121340) HM
Near Interstate 10 at milepost 815, on the right when traveling east.
A veteran of the War of 1812, James Taylor White (b.1789) migrated to this area from Louisiana in 1828. As a rancher, he developed one of the largest herds of Longhorn cattle in southeast Texas.
On White's ranch in June 1832, area colonists . . . — — Map (db m121266) HM
On Unnamed roads within the park at Unnamed roads within the park, on the right when traveling east on Unnamed roads within the park.
Adventurer from Kentucky who first came to Texas in 1817 with an expedition seeking to expel Spain from North America. Bradburn served in the Army of the Republic of Mexico in the 1820s, and in 1830 was sent to establish a military post at the mouth . . . — — Map (db m117179) HM
On Miller Street (State Highway 61) at Washington Avenue (State Highway 61), on the right when traveling west on Miller Street.
Berriman Richard Garland (1840-1918), a native of Indiana, saw the need for fresh water for rice crops in east Chambers County. Garland and A. L. Williams began in 1902 acquiring land and constructing this irrigation canal. It started at the mouth . . . — — Map (db m121261) 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.
Crippled by disease at 15, with a leg permanently bent at the knee, wore a pegleg which like his two natural legs was covered with his trousers. Hence he was nicknamed "Three-Legged Willie."
Settled in Texas in 1827 to practice law. Here at . . . — — Map (db m117181) HM
On South Main Street, 0.3 miles north of Sykes Road (Farm to Market Road 2936), on the right when traveling south.
This area on Trinity Bay, three miles south of the town of Anahuac, was called Round Point as early as 1828 when Anson Taylor (1791-1831) settled here. A native of South Carolina, Taylor emigrated to Texas from Tennessee with his wife, Elizabeth, . . . — — Map (db m121353) HM
On Washington Avenue (State Highway 61) south of Cummings Street, on the right when traveling south.
Nicholas T. Schilling, born in Bavaria on Nov. 28, 1845, came as a small child with his parents to the United States. He served in the Civil War (1861-65) as a youthful volunteer in the Maryland cavalry. In 1872, he received his M.D. degree from the . . . — — Map (db m121262) HM
On White Park Road, 0.3 miles west of Texas Highway 61, on the right when traveling west.
Drafted and signed at Turtle Bayou on June 13, 1832; this first formal protest of Texas colonists against Mexican tyranny formed an early step in events that led eventually to the Texas Revolution of 1836.
The settlers were protesting recent . . . — — Map (db m60341) HM
On Unnamed roads within the park at Unnamed roads within the park, on the right when traveling east on Unnamed roads within the park.
Co-commander with James Bowie, siege of the Alamo. Born in South Carolina; moved with family in 1818 to Alabama, where at 19 he was admitted to the bar; came to Texas 1831. In Anahuac he joined William H. Jack and others resisting tyranny of . . . — — Map (db m117182) HM
On Farm to Market Road 565, 0.1 miles south of Oak Grande Drive, on the right when traveling south.
According to oral tradition, the Methodist Episcopal Church of Old River was already located on this site when Mrs. Emily Brown, a midwife and mother of seven who had been born a slave in 1845, inherited the land from her employer. Emily deeded an . . . — — Map (db m190790) HM
On Eagle Ferry Road, 0.4 miles west of Smith Point Road (Farm to Market Road 562), on the right when traveling west.
Nestled in the thick woods and low-lying marshlands of East Texas lies the predominantly African American community of Double Bayou, named after twin waterways in the area. The community was originally settled by rancher John Jackson around 1847. . . . — — Map (db m213820) 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
Near State Highway 65, 3.2 miles east of State Highway 61, on the right when traveling east.
Although oil production of major value began in Chambers County in 1916, this prolific Anahuac field was discovered on March 3, 1935, with completion of Humble Oil & Refining Company's A. D. Middleton No. 1 (1.8 mi. SE). The camp which housed Humble . . . — — Map (db m86624) 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 State Highway 146, 0.2 miles north of Sun Oil Road, on the left when traveling north.
While digging a 65-ft. water well near his home in 1889, Elmer W. Barber (1854-1935), whose father Amos Barber first settled this area, encountered inflammable gas near the top of the salt dome known as Barbers Hill. After the Spindletop discovery . . . — — Map (db m190776) HM
On North Main Street (Loop State Highway 207) 0.1 miles north of McDaniel Road, on the right when traveling north.
After Amos and Ann Barber settled in the vicinity in 1849, the village became known as Barbers Hill. Early preaching services were held in the Barbers' home. Captain Robert S. Dingham, a seaman, began a Sunday School and preached in the area. . . . — — Map (db m190778) HM
On Eagle Drive (Farm to Market Road 3180), on the right when traveling south.
After Amos and Ann Barber settled in the vicinity in 1849, the village became known as Barbers Hill. Early preaching services were held in the Barbers' home. Captain Robert S. Dingham, a seaman, began a Sunday school and preached in the area. . . . — — Map (db m242747) HM
The son of Joshua and Jemimah (Hazelton) Griffith, Pennsylvania native Henry Griffith (c. 1797-1869) moved to Johnson's Bayou near Opelousas, Louisiana, about 1819-20. There he met and married Amelia "Milly" Barrow (c. 1802-?), daughter of Reuben . . . — — Map (db m190779) 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 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 Feeder Road to Intersate-10, 0.3 miles west of Wallisville Liberty Road, on the right when traveling east.
French trader Joseph Blancpain established a trading post in this vicinity in August 1754. He had been living in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he was the owner of a mercantile store.
With a small group of men, Blancpain arrived in August and . . . — — Map (db m117185) HM
On Feeder Road to Interstate 10, 0.3 miles west of Wallisville Liberty Road, on the right when traveling east.
Two of the most misfortune-ridden outposts of Spain in Texas, “Our Lady of the Light” mission and its auxiliary fort, were founded near here in 1756 to guard against French encroachment from the east.
The two friars who were to . . . — — Map (db m117186) 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
On Wallisville-Turtle Bayou Road, on the right when traveling west.
Early settler Albert Gallatin van Pradelles (1808-1884) set aside land at this site for the burial of his grandson, William M. "Willie" Chambers, who died on his third birthday on December 10, 1878. The land surrounding the grave was established as . . . — — Map (db m242746) 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 LeBlanc Road at Park Street, on the right when traveling east on LeBlanc Road.
Winnie and Stowell are two communities in northeastern Chambers County that were founded in the mid-1890s on the Gulf & Interstate Railway. The towns share a common economic history and cultural heritage and often are referred to simply as . . . — — Map (db m76265) HM
