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| Attraction: |
San Pedro Community: Texas Historical Marker |
| County: |
Houston |
| City: |
San Pedro |
| Website: |
http://www.treetexas.com/sawmilldb/
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225011019 |
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| Description |
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The area of San Pedro, located near San Pedro Creek in northeastern
Houston County, was a both the site for a village of the Nabedache
and later the mission of San Francisco del los Tejas in 1690. In
the 1780s, the settlement consisted of eighty families. Many immigrants
from the southeastern U.S. settled along the San Pedro Creek and
the stage route to nearby Rusk. It had a post office by 1856 and
the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches, as well as the San Pedro
School were community centers. San Pedro had four different mills
listed in operation in 1884 one of which was owned by J.W. Bodenheime.
While it seems they used the IG & N railroad in nearby Grapeland,
their time of operation does not seem to extend beyond one year
each.
The marker is located 11 miles north of Crockett on FM 2423, then 50 feet west on FM 2423 to cemetery.
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