Jul 28, 2019 · The west end of Baytown, sometimes called Old Baytown, will now be identified as the Historic West End. This distinction is much more than just a name change, as it is one of …

Fast-forward thousands of years and the Baytown area and its’ inhabitants saw the shipwreck of the famed explorer Cabeza de Vaca. Shortly thereafter, the Baytown area saw the rule of …

Pelly, Texas, now incorporated into Baytown. Early Pelly was known as Middle Town and was a hastily constructed boom town with wooden and canvas structures. Most of the residents were …

History of Baytown, Pelly, Goose Creek, Harris County Texas formerly Tri-Cities located east of the Houston Ship Channel.

Jan 25, 2018 · The city of Baytown, which turns 70 this week, has a rich and hard-working history which can be seen in a special collection of photos on display on the local library’s website.

Baytown's first city park was Rosaland Park (later changed to Roseland), named after Mrs. Rosa Kilgore, who donated the land. The Park is built on the former homestead of her pioneer …

Baytown is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Harris and Chambers counties. Located in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area, it lies on the northern side …

The Baytown Tunnel or Baytown – La Porte Tunnel was a two-lane underwater motor-vehicle tunnel connecting Baytown and La Porte, two suburbs of Houston, Texas. Completed in 1953, …

The historic 1894 one-room Wooster School and 1910 Brown-McKay House located at the Republic of Texas Plaza, 5117 North Main Street in Baytown, are preserved and interpreted …

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