Sugar Land
eBook - ePub

Sugar Land

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eBook - ePub

About this book

Sugar Land?s earliest settlers arrived in the 1820s with Stephen F. Austin, ?the Father of Texas.? Originally named Oakland Plantation, the area was planted with cotton, corn, and sugar cane, and by 1843, it had its own sugar mill. Benjamin Franklin Terry, famous for leading Terry?s Texas Rangers, and William Jefferson Kyle purchased the plantation in 1852 and were the first to name it Sugar Land. Col. Edward H. Cunningham, a Confederate veteran, later bought the property and built the first sugar refinery as well as a railroad to transport cane from nearby plantations. Under his ownership, a fledgling town emerged that included a store, post office, paper mill, acid plant, meat market, boardinghouse, and depot. The town, refinery, and surrounding 12,500 acres were acquired by Isaac H. Kempner and William T. Eldridge in 1908. Their vision resulted in Imperial Sugar, a thriving business and company town.

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Information

Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781439639658
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. One - EARLY YEARS
  9. Two - RAILROADS
  10. Three - BIRTH OF THE COMPANY TOWN
  11. Four - SUGARLAND INDUSTRIES
  12. Five - SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND MEDICAL CARE
  13. Six - LIFE IN A COMPANY TOWN
  14. Seven - CITY INCORPORATION
  15. Eight - COUNTRY CLUB LIVING IN THE SUBURBS
  16. Nine - FROM GRASS RUNWAY TO CORPORATE AIRPORT
  17. Ten - MODERN HISTORY