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This is a blog for old timers, plus their friends and families, who are linked by memories of Sugar Land and its schools or have an avid interest in the history of Sugar Land.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A video tour of the Central Unit near Sugar Land

I want to thank Bob Husbands for organizing our tour of the Texas Prison System's old Central Unit on September 21st. Many of you ...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Rosie Theis-Turner

This is a repost from Betty Ann Jenkins Williams's Facebook page. Betty Ann is a member of the '71 Class at DHS. Many of you ...

Richmond Celebrates Its 175th Birthday

On Saturday, September 15th, the City of Richmond celebrated its 175th anniversary with a day-long street festival. I've produced...

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

"Jaybird - Woodpecker Saga" by Bruce Kelly

My brother gave a presentation to the Fort Bend County Historical Commission last month. His topic was the Jaybird-Woodpecker War that ...

A Man On A Horse -- Lakeview Drive in 1929

I've seen several copies of this picture in different archives. A. J. Shields is the man on the horse, but I can't find any inf...

Unloading Sugar at the Galveston Docks

I found this undated photo in T. C. Rozelle's scrapbook. It dates from the early 20th century and shows stevedores unloading sacks o...

Houston Chronicle Restaurant Ads, 1964

J. R. Gonzales recently posted this image on his blog, Bayou City History. It shows restaurant ads from an undated edition of The Hou...

Thursday, September 6, 2012

The Fort Bend Mirror, June 28, 1968

I found a copy of the Fort Bend Mirror published on June 28, 1968 in Leon & Bettye Anhaiser's family scrapbook. Here are a few ...

More Children of Sugar Land

I found a copy of the Imperial Crown for January 1968 in Leon & Bettye Anhaiser's scrapbook. It contained this article about a ...

Dulles Junior High Open House, November 1973

I found this article about the open house at Dulles Junior High School in the Hightowers' scrapbook. It comes from the Fort Bend Su...

Lakeview Elementary's Reading Project in 1973

Here's an item from the Fort Bend ISD News published on August 29, 1973. I found it in the Hightowers' scrapbook. Dot played ...

City of Sugar Land's 25th Anniversary Celebration in 1984

T. C. Rozelle saved this program for the City's 25th anniversary celebration. Note the participants and sponsors. Some of them are...

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Swimming in Oyster Creek: A Timeless Sugar Land Tradition

Roughly a week ago, Tommy Laird (DHS '67) saw some kids swimming in Oyster Creek. He commented that swimming in the Creek is a rari...

Richmond is celebrating its 175th birthday!

Who knew Roger Clemens played on the '78 Dulles JV Baseball Team?

Terrell Smith (DHS '78) sent me an interesting photo a few days ago. He looked through his '78 Viking yearbook and learned that...

San Felipe de Austin State Historical Site

On July 14th I visited San Felipe de Austin State Historical Site near Sealy, Texas. I heard Bryan McAuley of the Texas Historical Comm...

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Roger 'The Rocket' Clemens on the mound at Constellation Park

My thanks go to Randy Edwards (DHS '67) for taking me to the Skeeters game last Saturday night when Roger Clemens took the mound for...

Monday, August 27, 2012

Norfleet

I've just finished reading Norfleet. It's the true and amazing story of Frank Norfleet, a West Texas rancher who was the victim...

Charlie Kamp & SLHS Basketball in 1958

I posted this quite a while ago, but I thought I'd bring it back since Charlie Kamp is seen in this video. It shows a Gator basketb...

Two More Photos of Kids on The Hill

I have two more photos of children who lived on The Hill in the 1950s. If anyone can help with identification of these kids, I'd ap...

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