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Remembering Duke Hill and early Lee Heights life in Goose Creek
Robert W. Floyd recalls born 1923 on Duke Hill near Goose Creek. He describes family moves from Somerville to Humble Baytown Refinery area and the rise of Lee Heights in the late 1920s to early 1930s. Floyd notes minimal early housing, local trucking, and rail lines behind their Pelly home as neighbors and friends like Bobby Herrington shaped the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exxon
Robert W. Floyd
Duke Hill
Lee Heights
Tri-Cities
Robert
L.A Hawkins
Floyd
Goose Creek
West Main
Barrymore
Andrew Benning
Jack” Floyd
Santa Fe Railway
Somerville
Humble
Baytown
Pearl Anderson
Ray
Jack
Anderson & Floyd Truck Line
Houston
Evergreen Area
Busch Landing
Mark Walker
Union Truck Lines
Walker
Ruben Wright
Wright Motor Freight Lines
Mr. Wright
General Tire & Rubber Co
Pelly
Harding
Horace Mann
Pruett
Southern Pacific
Johny
R. A
Bobby" Herrington
Bob
Herringtons
Kizler
Kisler
John Willis
Bobby
Oak Addition
Lee High School
Wanda Orton
the Sun