Shamrock Hilton Hotel’s Glorious Rise and Demise in Baytown
Baytown mourns the Shamrock Hilton as in Houston the iconic 1100 room hotel near South Main and West Holcomb falls. The Emerald City hosted stars, politicians, and a Cork Club crowd while KXYZ broadcast weekly from the site. Glenn McCarthy built the Shamrock from oil wealth, decorated with 63 greens, and hosted famed stars before financial woes ended its era.
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Baytown
Houston
Shamrock
Cork Club
Emerald Room
KXYZ
McCarthy
Glenn McCarthy
Anahuac
Chambers County
The
Wildcatters
Big Mac
Emerald City
Atlantic
Hollywood
Mac
Howard Hughes
Union Station
Errol Flynn
Ginger Rogers
Dorothy Lamour
Lana Turner
Maureen O'Hara
Hedda Hopper
St. Patrick’s Day
Jett Rink
James Dean
Jim Clark
Art League names March Artist of the Month in Baytown
Ken Pridgeon named Artist of the Month at Sterling Municipal Library. A Perry, Florida native living in Baytown 30 years, he paints Baytown history and portraits. His John Wayne Red Adair portrait is on display at the library through March 28, with plans to donate works to Baytown Museum. Delores Cornelius and J D Avant have works at Capitol Bank and Texas First Bank respectively during March and April. Call 281 427 1114 for more information.
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Ken Pridgeon
Pridgeon
Baytown Art League
Baytown
Sterling Municipal Library
Art League of
Perry
Fla
Texas
Baytown Museum
Capitol Bank
Garth
Delores Cornelius
J.D. Avant
Texas First Bank
Rollingbrook
Call
Community Watercolor Demo by Vivian Pollock in Baytown
The Art League of Baytown invites the public to a free Sunday watercolor demonstration by Vivian Pollock at the Baytown Community Center after a brief business meeting. Pollock, a native Texan artist and teacher, is a member of Houston's Watercolor Art Society and has taught and exhibited widely in the Houston area and beyond.
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Art League of
Baytown
Friendswood
Vivian Pollock
Art League
Friendswood Continuing Education
Pearland
University of Houston-Clear Lake Art School
Vivian
University of Houston-Main
University of Houston
Clear Lake
Pollock
Houston
Watercolor Art Society
Clear Creek Art League
University of Houston —Clear Lake Art Association
WASH
Uhcl Art Association
Johnson Space Center
Friendswood Historical Society Museum
Baytown Art League
Today in History highlights and Baytown notes
March 12 marks Roosevelt fireside chats 1933 and Grant’s 1864 Civil War rise. Baytown and local history entries cover 1949 to 1989 events, church anniversaries, and civic notes, plus quotes and biblical verses.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
England
Charles II
North America
New Netherland
James
Duke of York
Ulysses S. Grant
Juliette Gordon Low
Girl Guides
Girl Scouts of America
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Lyndon Johnson
New Hampshire
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Johnson
Chicago
John Wayne Gacy Jr
Gacy
Elizabeth Smart
Salt Lake City
R.E.M
van Halen
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Wanda Orton
J.M. Huber
Golden Corral
Garth Rd
Texas Laureate Mu
Mary Bogan
Chambers County Library
Plumwood
Eva Maud
Joyce Cloudt
Clayton
Dee Lewis
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
Highlands Community Center
East Harris County
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
TOPS
Market St
Decker Dr
Rotary Club
Goose Creek Country Club
ExxonMobil Baytown Toastmasters Club
ExxonMobil
Ralph Matthews
Highlands Woods Drive
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Ward Road
Baytown Community Center
Market Street
Porcelain Guild of
Judy DeLoach
Sandy Long
Associated Press
SUN History
H.E. McKee
la Porte
Dale Richardson
McKee
C. Dutch Ptacke
Joe Graves
San Jacinto
Fritz Lanham
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Lincoln Cedars
Miguel de Cervantes
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!