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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18CP_homesite-of-william-scott_Baytown-TX.html
A native of Virginia, William Scott (1784-1837) was a planter, merchant, and stockraiser in his native state and in Kentucky, where he relocated about 1806. He and his family moved briefly to Louisiana in the early 1820s before coming to Texas wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17QX_humble-oil-refining-company_Baytown-TX.html
Ross S. Sterling entered the oil business in 1909, when he invested in the Humble oil field north of Houston. Two years later he formed the Humble Oil Company with five partners: Walter W. Fondren, Charles B. Goddard, William Stamps Farlish, Rober…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10AY_goose-creek-stream_Baytown-TX.html
The name Goose Creek was originated by Indians because in ages past it was a gathering place for huge flocks of geese. On map used by the LaSalle expedition (1684-1687) carries the label Goose Creek on this small stream. During the Civil War (1863…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1096_confederate-naval-works-at-goose-creek_Baytown-TX.html
In 1854, brothers Thomas and John Chubb bought land in the William Scott League on the east bank of Goose Creek at the mouth of Tabbs Bay. On this site, they established the Chubb Shipyard prior to the Civil War. At the time, Texas shipbuilding wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1095_the-bayland-guards_Baytown-TX.html
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 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1094_bayland-orphanage_Baytown-TX.html
Established in 1866 by Texas Confederate veterans for children of deceased soldiers. Had capacity for 250. Rev. Henry F. Gillette was first superintendent. C. S. A. Col. Ashbel Smith, diplomat, soldier and statesman, was staff doctor. trustees inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM108X_k-nesseth-israel-synagogue_Baytown-TX.html
In response to area population growth following the early 20th century Goose Creek oil field boom, twenty incorporating members formed the K'Nesseth Israel congregation in 1928 to serve the area's Jewish residents. They hired Houston architect Leo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM106Z_lynchburg-town-ferry_Baytown-TX.html
The Lynchburg Town Ferry, founded in 1822 by Nathaniel Lynch, crosses the Houston Ship Channel downstream of the confluence of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou. In 1829, the authorities at San Felipe de Austin requested that Lynch move his …