Here comes the judge on See It Now and Then
A fictional interview imagines Judge Isaac N. Moreland of the Republic of Texas era. It covers his move from Georgia to Texas in 1834, role in the Anahuac Resolutions, service in the Texas Army, siege at Bexar, San Jacinto, command at Fort Travis, law partnership with David G. Burnet, and tenure as Harris County chief justice, plus the tale of Emily West Morgan influencing San Jacinto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Texas
Edward R
Isaac N. Moreland
Isaac
Judge
Moreland
Texas
Georgia
Anahuac
Liberty
Andrew Janeway Yates
Augustus Chapman Allen
Texas Army
Bexar
Sam Houston
Harrisburg
San Jacinto
Fort Travis
Galveston
David G. Burnet
Houston
Burnet
Harris County
Battle of
Emily West
Emily Morgan
Santa Anna
Goose Creek considers names for new high school
Goose Creek ISD hosts Thursday public forum to decide a name for the district's third high school. Twenty five valid nominations were received with eight invalid submissions. Top contenders include former officials Johnny T. Clark Jr. Sam Houston, Lady Bird Johnson, Barbara Jordan, Ronald Reagan, and local figures. The school opens fall 2008 with a name chosen by Aug. 27.
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Goose Creek
Sultis
High School No. 3
Johnny T. Clark, Jr
Sam Houston
Clark
Houston
Lady Bird Johnson
U.S
Barbara Jordan
Ronald Reagan
R.B. Sparks
Lee College
Goose Creek High School
Goose Creek Memorial High School
San Jacinto High School
Baytown High School
Veterans Memorial High School
Robena Clupka
Velma Ainsley
Pete Sultis
Robert E. Lee
Ross S. Sterling
Marvin Zindler
Bob Hoskins
Victoria Walker
Baytown Community Calendar Abounds With Local Events
The Baytown ExxonMobil Annuitants meet at 10 a.m. at the Baytown Community Center with speaker James Bevill on Money of the Republic of Texas. A back to school bash runs 7-9 p.m. at Coady Baptist Church. Numerous clubs and activities span seniors dance lines, bingo, story time, toastmasters, bridge, and church programs across local venues.
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Baytown ExxonMobil Annuitants
Baytown
Market Street
James Bevill
The
Texas Numismatic Association
Bevill
Republic of Texas
Coady Baptist Church
Texas Commission For the Blind
Reraixtyton Place
W. Baker
First Presbyterian Church
Market St
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
Sterling Municipal
St. John's United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
VFW
N. Main
American Legion Post No 323
Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Center
Main St
Make Over
Christ Inc
Riley Chambers
Barrett Station
East
Harris County
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Max East
Ward Road
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Community Duplicate Bridge Club
Today in History highlights key events on August 15
August 15 marks V J Day in 1945 the surrender by Japan, the Panama Canal opening in 1914, the 1935 Will Rogers and Wiley Post crash, 1944 Allied landings in southern France, Woodstock in 1969, Nixon wage price rent freeze in 1971, Omagh bombing in 1998, first exoplanet news 11 years ago, and a Beazley execution noted in 2002.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Panama Canal
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Alaska
France
Upstate
New York
Nixon
Omagh
Northern Ireland
Real Ira
Our
Texas
Napoleon Beazley
Beazley
The
Associated Press
Goose Creek Bond Funds Court Gymnasium Plan
A summary of historical Goose Creek and Baytown items shows bond funds unused for a high school gym in 1938, a 1944 meeting on a Water and Improvement District, a 1950 Baytown tunnel tube launch, a 1952 rate dispute with General Telephone, a 1975 traffic light reinstallation, a 1990 school budget including a tax hike, and a 2000 Goos e Creek board naming a baseball field after Kim Herrington amid coaching legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek
Baytown
Defoe
Gaillard Street
Barbers Hill
Gary Herrington
Robert E Lee
Kim Herrington
Lee
Sun invites readers to share photos for publication
The Bay Town Sun invites photo submissions for possible publication. Email to david.bloom baytownsun com or mail prints to Sun offices at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown 77520. Nonessential religious verse fragment included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
David
Bloom
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Wanda Orton
Baytown Chamber OF Commerce
Martin Summers
Willie Glasgow
Sheri White
Gina Rivon
Connie Tilton
Tommie Jones
Highlands Community Center
East Harris County
Tops TX
St. Joseph School
Carolina Street
SUN History
Hannah Arendt
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