Harris County, Texas
La Porte has 7 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Harris County. The marker list includes records dating to 1969. Common marker themes include courthouse and civic history, churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history. Use this page to preview the markers, then open RoadHistorical on your drive to see nearby stops on the map, listen to narration, and save the places you want to visit.
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A pioneer ferry of Texas under Mexico and the Republic. Established at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River, 1822, by Nathaniel Lynch, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Usual…
View on map ↗When the Rev. Nicholas Gallagher became third bishop of Galveston in 1882, most Roman Catholic priests in the Diocese were natives of other states or countries. Realizing the need for a diocesan seminary to train young…
View on map ↗Colorado-based land developers A. M. York, J. H. York, I. R. Holmes, and Tom Lee formed the La Porte Land and Town Company in 1890. They purchased over 1,000 acres of land in this area and began laying out town lots in…
View on map ↗The Houston Yacht Club was organized in 1897 by a group of prominent citizens. Members met in the Binz Building in downtown Houston and were led by the first Commodore, Dan E. Kennedy. After Kennedy's death in 1904, the…
View on map ↗Enoch and Eliza (Ballew) Brinson traveled to Texas in 1824 with her father, Page Ballew, and her sister and brother-in-law, Levicy (Ballew) and William Bloodgood. The extended family were among Stephen F. Austin's Old…
View on map ↗THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, DEVELOPED IN 1892, ORIGINALLY RESERVED A PORTION OF THE BAYFRONT FOR A RECREATIONAL PARK, KNOWN AS SYLVAN GROVE. FOLLOWING THE PANIC OF 1893, MUCH OF THE BAYFRONT WAS SOLD EXCEPT FOR 22 ACRES THAT…
View on map ↗Prior to the establishment of a public school in La Porte, African American students were educated at a local church where students attended class during the week and religious services were held in the evening and on…
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