CHAMBERS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION
"THE HISTORIANS REPORT"

   
 
JAN. '06---VOLUME 1 - ISSUE NO. 1 ---MAY '06
  
 
BOBBY J. WHEAT, CHAIRMAN
 
   
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"THE CRADLE OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE"
   
 
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       JANUARY OPENED THE NEW YEAR WITH ENTHUSIASM FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CCHC. AMONG NEW IDEAS WERE A RE-ENACTMENT BATTLE OF FORT ANAHUAC NEXT JUNE 12, 2007. THIS WOULD BE A CELEBRATION OF THE 175TH YEAR SINCE THAT HISTORIC EVENT IN JUNE OF 1832. AN EVENT THAT SET THE STAGE FOR THE FIGHT TO GAIN TEXAS INDEPENDEENCE FROM MEXICO IN MARCH OF 1836.  
 
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       THE RED HAT CLUB CAME TO TOWN FOR A TOUR OF THE HISTORIC HOMES, FORT ANAHUAC, THE WILDLIFE REFUGE AND LAKE CHARLOTTE COUNTY PARK. THEY VOWED TO RETURN.
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     A BREAKFAST MEETING WAS IN STORE FOR CCHC MEMBERS AND GUESTS AT EAGLE POINTE IN MONT BELVIEU IN FEBRUARY. THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS THE HON. COUNTY JUDGE JIMMY SYLVIA.
   
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         THE CCHC PLACED NEW GRAVE MARKERS ON THE GRAVES OF ELIZABETH BARROW AND HER 12 YEAR OLD SON WILLIAM, IN MCCOLLUM PARK. THOSE GRAVES HAD GONE UNMARKED FOR MANY YEARS.  
 
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       PLANS WERE FINALIZED FOR THE "JUNIOR HISTORIAN" ESSAY CONTEST INVOLVING THE THREE COUNTY SCHOOLS.
 
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       THE MCNEIR "TEXAS HISTORICAL CEMETERY MARKER" DEDICATION CEREMONY TOOK PLACE APRIL 8, A CLEAR, COOL, WINDY DAY. ABOUT 125 PERSONS ATTENDED THE GALA AFFAIR.
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       THE 'CCHC HISTORICAL HOME RECOGNIZATION' PROGRAM MADE ITS DEBUT BY HONORING THE SUE & JOHN BRADLEY HOME IN ANAHUAC WITH A COMMISSION SIGN. THE HOME IS 106 YEARS OLD.      
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       THE JOHN FROST MURDER OF NOV. 1900, MADE HEADLINES AGAIN IN 'THE PROGRESS' NEWSPAPER, DUE TO A CONTINUED ARTICLE, FROM A PAPER WRITTEN BY LEE COLLEGE STUDENT, MS. REGINA MCELWAIN. NEW INFO CAME FORWARD TO THE CCHC ON THIS PUZZLING MYSTERY.  
 
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       MISS ASHLEE RUSK, OF BARBERS HILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (7TH GRADE) WINS ESSAY CONTEST. SHE WINS A $50 SAVING BOND, A TROPHY AND A CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE CCHC.
   
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       CCHC WINS A 'DINSTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD' FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR ITS WELL-BALANCED PROGRAMS.
 
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       THE CCHC WAS A PROUD RECIPIENT OF A PLAQUE SIGNED BY GOV. RICK PERRY, FOR THE MCNEIR CEMETERY DEDICATION.
 
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       THE CCHC SESEKING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR PLACING STATUES OF WILLIAM BARRETT TRAVIS AND THE THREE SONS OF ANSON TAYLOR (WHO DIED AT THE ALAMO), AT OLD FORT ANAHUAC. COST AND SIZE IS BEING CONSIDERED.  
 
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       THE CHAMBERS COUNTY BLACK HISTORY STATE HISTORICAL MARKER WAS INSTALLED AT THE CARVER SCHOOL AT A DEDICATION CEREMONY ON APRIL 28.
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     MEMBERS OF THE CCHC SERVED AS JUDGES ON NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETETION AT LEE COLLEGE IN MARCH '06.
   
 
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This edition of "The Historians Report" - written by CCHC Chair Bob Wheat
Photos taken by CCHC Publicity Chair Pudge Willcox, and by Stephanie Rowland

Chambers County Historical Commission               Email: Bobby J. Wheat, Chairman
 

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