La Marque’s Growth From Early Farm to Rail Era
A historical overview traces La Marque from 1860s crossroads with Highland Station name origins to 1893 wagon bridge link to Galveston. It notes post office 1869, rail traffic, early families, legends of Madame St Ambrose, and shift to commerce as cattle drives and farming thrive. Includes references to local figures Lola McDaniel and Rev. Harry Burch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttermilk Station
Highland City
Bakers
Dunigans
Bells
Brittons
Phillips
Solomon Parrs
la Marque
Campbell’s Bayou
Harry Burch
Paul’s Union Church
Burch
Jenny
Charles Westerlage Sr
Historical Society of
Huntsville
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Houston
General Services Administration
Washington D.C
Rufus H. Read
Highland Station
U.S
Highland
High Island
Texas
Patrick McPhillips
United States
McPhillips
G.H. & H. Railroad Co
de Vaca
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LA Marque Times
Kiwanis
Saturday Evening Post
Colliers
Lafitte
James Campbell
Lola McDaniel
Galveston County Historical Society
League of Women Voters of
Galveston, Houston
Freedom’s Children
Nelson
Soup
Howard
Ayattr Ta
Hitchcock
U.S.C.A
Pallco
Main Hitchcock
California
Louisiana
Kreck
Decker
Rosedale Tomato
Betty Crocker Cake Garden Club
Nester Instant
Hershey's Instant
Spic & Span
JOY Liquid Detergent
O'Brien
LIBBY
Cass Topicorn
Vasteney
Gerber
GLASS
Texas Pride
Colgate Reg
Nye
Eckrich Beef
Oscar Mayer
SUPER
Bordens
Bordens Hi Protein
OAK Farms Fauit
Blue Bonnett
OLEO
Qld
Eckrich Swhitko
Peg
the LA Marque Times
la Marque High School
John Albrecht
Mike Alford
Inez Alvarez
Annette Austin
Melinda Berg
James Bowen
Ina Bruce
Donald Cavelock
Joan Carmichael
Marshalyn Carrell
Linda Cragin
Kenneth Cusick
Michael Dowdy
Melanie Fattig
Glenda Finney
Rosa Glass
Mary Herrington
Mark Kelsey
Debra Knight
Robert Mayeux
Wanda McNair
Ronnld Morgan
Debora Paukert
Richard Prewitt
Mary Slagle
Laura Sterling
Trisha Tate
Nancy Temple
Cathy West
Michael Winfrey
Brenda Beavers
Thomas Brow
Christopher Brown
Michael Clayton
Dennis Delaune
Cheryl Dyer
Judy Everling
Sharon Farnum
Margaret Florance
Jan Freeborn
Andrea Giles
Conrad Green
Elizabeth Harkreader
David Harris
Kenneth Hominghaus
Kathleen Hurt
Patricia
Diana Nunez
Rhonwyn Osterberg
Gayle Parker
Sally Payne
Tammy Porter
De‘bra Ramirez
Harley Ross
Cynthia Scarcella
Kathy Schroeder
Cynthia Simpson
Gwen Smith
Marily Stephens
Lance Stevens
Shery Steward
John Sumrall
Abby Tholen
Ken Treaccar
Marc Watts
Deborah Wendel
Jamie West
Marnie Williams
Charles Wise
Rhonda Wright
Alisa Duitscher
Angelina Dynes
Thomas Erdos
Lillie Garcia
Kelly Glen
Steve Gosnell
Russell Halvorsen
Rosalyn Hill
James Johnson
Johnny Joswiak
Robert Koester
Bruce Lester
Ronald Morgan
James Nealy
Trung Nguyen
Cherry Odom
Ralph Pineda
Laura Polkinghorne
Michael Ricke
Thomas Rivera
Julie Silva
Mary Snow
Ron Stone
Karen Tepera
Sharon Webb
Harold Williams
Lith Grade
Russell Alien
Tammy Anderson
Paula Christian
Steve Olson
Christopher Parker
Laurie Pesek
Sharon Powell
Aileen Preston
Carol Shirely
Mary Slaby
Kristy Stewart
Anja Syal
Susan Temple
Sandra Walker
Cecile Warren
la Donna Albritton
Judy Anderson
Kenneth Antley
Karen Bauder
Patricia Bell
Dale Britton
Joe Clark
Celestine Cobb
Joyclynn Conney
Daria Cravy
Rufus Crowder
Sheryl Stewart
Wanda Taylor
Gregg Vasichko
Dale Walters
Dianna West
Donna Wilson
Charlies Wise
Henry Block
H&r
Marineworld Park
Galveston Island
Oceanarium
Arama Marineworld
P.O
Sea-Arama
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