This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Baytown pop quiz on local history stirs memories
Questions cover REL teachers linked to LBJ, naming of Fred Hartman Bridge, first Goose Creek Science Fair winner, district consolidation in 1954, Bing Crosby’s Baytown ties, who developed Lakewood and Brownwood, Wooster Chamber meet site, Baker Road namesake, Slapout Gully, Burnet graves, pre Weingarten grocery, oyster fry origin, local car dealer descendant of Zavala, and Sam Houston’s heir.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
United States of America
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert E. Lee
Fred Hartman
Goose Creek Independent
Goose Creek Independent School District
Bing Crosby
Lakewood
Brownwood
Wooster Chamber of Commerce
Baker Road
Slapout Gully
Republic of Texas
David G. Burnet
Hannah
Weingarten
Goose Creek
Lorenzo de Zavala
Sam Houston
Nettie Bradshaw
LBJ
Johnson
W.W. Brown
REL
San Marcos
Texas State University
Houston
Robert Lanier
the Sun
Ship Channel Bridge
Lanier
Sun
Jim Kyle
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Kathryn Grant
Delbert
Olive Grandstaff
Grandstaff
Gene Muller
Eddie Cox
Baytown Nature Center
Yellow Jacket Inn
Cox
Bayway Drive
Marvin Baker
U.S. Navy
Baker
Lynchburg
Slapout
Decker Drive
Galveston
Burnet Drive
Tri-Cities
Grenader’s
North Main
Old Goose Creek
Minnesota
Old Baytown
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Eddie Huron
Jimmy Carroll
Floyd Higginbotham
Lorenzo de Zavalaro
Andrew Jackson Houston
la Porte
Wanda Orton