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| Attraction: |
Arbor Community: Texas Historical Marker |
| County: |
Houston |
| City: |
Crockett Vicinity |
| Website: |
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225009716 |
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| Description |
Colonists led by Empressario Joseph Vehlein received Mexican land
grants in this area in the late 1820s and 1830s. Residents of nearby
Pleasant Grove and Shady Grove erected a brush arbor nearby in the
1880s which served as a church and school. A general store, barber
shop, blacksmith shop, grist mill, cotton gin, woodman hall, and
shingle mill were established, and in 1901 the rural community was
granted a post office named "Arbor" which continued until
1906. Jobs created by the Four C Lumber Mill and logging operation
spurred a local economic boom from 1910 to 1925. The Arbor School
(est. 1900) burned in 1940 and was discontinued.
9.2 miles east of Crockett on SH 7, then 3.5 miles on FM 232
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