Port Sullivan's Bluff and the rise of a Texas port town
In the 1850s Sullivan's Bluff grew near a Little River ford and Brazos port as settlers sought residence near transport. Landholdings in the Caruthers Survey surged in value, Sullivan sold land and ran a store, and later became sheriff and county commissioner. Charles Goodnight and others lived there. the town boasted shops, a sawmill, warehouses, a post office, doctors, a lawyer, but no hotel until 1854 when William Foster leased the Port Sullivan Hotel.
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Sullivan's Bluff
Little River
Port Sullivan
Milam County
Brazos
Reuben Anderson
Sullivan’s Bluff
Augustus Sullivan
Caruthers
Sullivan
Prairie County
Ark
Texas
Charles Goodnight
Goodnight
John C. Pool
William Foster
Galveston Weekly News
John M. Brockman
Texas A&m
Waylon Jennings Gave Up Seat That Saved His Life
In a Texas memory piece the coin flip led to Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens flying the fatal plane. Waylon Jennings gave up his seat to Richardson who was ill. The crash killed all aboard, sparing Jennings who later became a country legend with 60 albums and 16 No 1 hits.
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Tommy Allsup
Buddy
Panhandle
Waylon
Richardson
Holly
Jennings
Lubbock
Waylon Jennings
Iowa
Obituary notices for Doskocil and Strelsky families in Texas
Lee Ann Doskocil 43 of Cameron died at Temple hospital. Funeral at Ss Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church Marak with burial at St Michael's Cemetery Burlington. Survivors include daughters Brigid Briana and Brooke. son Alan. mother Ann Doskocil. siblings Dennis Chris Mark Joshua, Wendy Nicole Megan Bethany. one grandchild Brady. long-time companion Dr Dan Smith. Memorials to Cameron ISD Scholarship Foundation or Pulmonary Hypertension Association. Marek Burns Laywell Funeral Home. Also Strelsky family memorials note Lydia Strelsky 93 and Ronald Edward Jake Samuel 56 with service at New Hope Baptist Church Rockdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doskocil
Lee Ann Doskocil
Cameron
Brigid Havens
Briana Behr
Brooke Behr
Alan Behr
Ann Doskocil
Clarkson
Dennis Doskocil
Rosebud
Chris Doskocil
Mark Doskocil
Joshua Doskocil
Wendy Doskocil
Austin
Nicole Tepe
Megan Kuzel
Buckholts
Bethany Doskocil
Brady
Dan Smith
Cameron I.S.D. Scolarship Foundation
Ms. Doskocil
P.O. Box
Texas
The
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
Roeder Road
Suite
Silver Springs
Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home
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Joy Graham
FFA
Katlyn Kimbrel
Cassidy Carnes
Jayci Denio
Laura Barker
Lauren Areas
Emily Fuchs
Kristen Chandler
Rebecca Lewis
Amanda Green
Will Vogelsang
Luis Areola
Bartee Haile
Haile
Pdg.net
Friendswood
Twitch.com
I.C.C.F
Rockdale
Calvin Springer
Strelsky
Joseph Stanislaw
Josephine Tkac
Daniel B. Strelsky
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Daniel B. Strelskey
Daniel D. Strelsky
Mary Gail Strelsky
Joe
John Stanislaw
Angeline Allen
Emily Heselmeyer
Marcella Stanislaw
Julie Brown
James
Wacharaporn Strelsky
Ann Wallis
Edna Lanier
Los Angeles
Charity of Choice
Vista Care Hospice
South 37Th Street
Temple TX
Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
Lydia Strelsky
Manor Oaks
Samuel Ronald Edward
Jake” Samuel
Winnie L. Nursing Home
New Hope
Etta Sumuel
Ernest Sumuel, Jr
Gloria Bell Samuel
Lexington
Ernest E. Sumuel, Sr
Georgetown
Kenneth Sumuel
Carol
Woodbridge
Michael Sumuel
Dallas
Brian Samuel
Denise
Houston
Kevin McDade
Cindy
Missouri City
Linda Martinez
Rafael
Killeen
Sheila Trotty
Emory
Alvis Fullglove
Temple
Twelve
Charles Zachary
Larry Parker
Sonny Parker
Terry
Richard Henderson
Hank Robinson
Church of Christ
Hoyte
Jerusalem
Jesus
Judea
Samaria
Luke
Alton Baker
Allbake
JJ Urban
Jove
Mom
Donna Jo
Sherry Ann
Sherri
Christ
Emil
First Baptist
Bill Hobbs
Jesus Christ
Sherri Korsmo
Cro
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