Born in Wabash, Indiana, Taylor Ray left home at the age of 13 to seek his fortune. In 1890 he married Mattie Newton (1871-1951) and they had seven children. As railroad freight agent for the Wells Fargo Co., in 1894, Ray was temporarily assigned . . . — — Map (db m211547) HM
Local businessman Norman P. Teague (1879-1913) and his wife Sidney Claire (Brooks) (1879-1952) erected this two-story residence in 1910. It has ornate columns and Classical Revival detailing popular at the time. This was one of several elegant . . . — — Map (db m211549) HM
in 1905, thirteen charter members, who had already been meeting in the area, organized this church to serve the Beasley and Needville communities they erected a building, which members replaced in 1909 after it was destroyed by a storm in order . . . — — Map (db m211959) HM
This house is located on the 1824 land grant of one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists, Henry Scott. It was built as a wedding gift in 1909 for rancher-banker Earl R. Trone and his wife. Her parents from Indiana had it constructed of pine . . . — — Map (db m211961) HM
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
In 1893, Simonton Common School District No. 10 formed. J.B. Jamison. and J.W. Mullins deeded land at this site for a new frame school in 1911. In 1925, noted Houston architect Louis Glover designed this two story school for nine grades. The Art . . . — — Map (db m179242) HM
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
In the late 19th century, Italian immigrants came to the United States to escape poor economic conditions. Juliano DeCorte and his family emigrated from Sicily in 1877 and settled in Bryan. In 1917, his son-in-law Frank Cangelosi purchased several . . . — — Map (db m225434) HM
The city of Stafford, or Stafford’s Point, was settled by William Stafford in the early 1820s. The settlers organized a place for their children to go to school, and by the 1830s, a one-room school was available with ten students attending. Later, . . . — — Map (db m197499) HM
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
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
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
Alonzo Richmond Green, also known as Lonnie, is the only Sugar Land soldier who lost his life while serving in World War I. Lonnie was born in Sebastopol, Mississippi, on Dec. 21, 1892. He moved to Sugar Land with his family sometime between 1912 . . . — — Map (db m210002) HM WM
Tennessean William Joseph Stafford and his second wife, Martha Cartwright, moved their family to this area in 1822 as part of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony. Here they reared eight children and developed a plantation with a sugar cane mill and . . . — — Map (db m202071) HM
Methodist services in Sugar Land date back to as early as 1910, when Rev. C.C. Miller organized an informal church. There was no full-time minister, and activities such as evangelical worship services, bible study and hymn singing were intermittent. . . . — — Map (db m202062) HM
In memory of the former students of Sugar Land High School, who gave their lives in World War II that future generations might enjoy free education.
Joe W. Boston, Jr. • Manuel Carillo • Pete Hernandez • Earl G. (Jack) Hill • Alvin Kadlecek • . . . — — Map (db m210003) WM
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
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
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
One of the Oldest Anglo-American Cemeteries in Texas. On Aug 16, 1824, the Mexican Government Deeded Him 6.8197 Acres.
William Joseph Stafford Mar. 22, 1764 - Sept. 23, 1840
Martha Ann Cartwright Stafford Jan. 28, 1800 - Mar. 14, 1842 . . . — — Map (db m202072) HM
In 1891, Francis Smith subdivided and sold property in this area. In 1892, he gave four acres for a school and church for Czech settlers forming the community of Krasna, which means beautiful in the Czech language. That year, local families built . . . — — Map (db m168505) HM
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