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Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay)
Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay) is a river in Texas that begins northwest of Wharton, flows generally southeast, and empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Sargent. The major waterway to the west is the Colorado River while the next major waterway to the east is the San Bernard River. Geography Caney Creek rises 1 mile south of Matthews in Colorado County "within the maze of irrigation canals, dead-water sloughs, and old stream channels" at the northern edge of Wharton County. From there, Caney Creek flows southeast before discharging into the Intracoastal Waterway a distance of southeast of Sargent. Thousands of years ago, the Colorado River flowed through the Caney Creek channel before diverting into its present course. In fact, Caney Creek merges with the Colorado River about above Glen Flora and leaves the Colorado just below than town. The creek's wide meanders identify it as a very old stream. Caney Creek is intermittent until the Matagorda County line when other streams emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthews, Texas
Matthews is an unincorporated community on the southeastern edge of Colorado County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The community is located south of Eagle Lake near the junction of FM 102 and FM 950. The settlement was named for a man who owned an area plantation before the American Civil War. By 2013, the school, post office, businesses and railroad line that once served Matthews were gone, but the number of silos in the neighborhood indicated that the land was still being intensively farmed. Geography According to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Matthews is located at both and . The first location is just south of the intersection of FM 102 and Strickland Lane. The second location is where Matthews Store Road crosses the former railroad right-of-way. A third location is given by the Texas State Historical Association, which describes the community as being situated at the junction of FM 102 and FM 950. The third location is northwest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allenhurst, Texas
Allenhurst is an unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. Education Van Vleck Independent School District operates schools in the area. The designated community college for Van Vleck ISD is Wharton County Junior College Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) is a public community college with its main campus in Wharton, Texas. The college also has campuses in Richmond, Sugar Land, and Bay City. WCJC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colle .... References External links * {{Authority control Unincorporated communities in Matagorda County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Three Hundred
The "Old Three Hundred" were 297 grantees who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin in Mexican Texas. Each grantee was head of a household, or, in some cases, a partnership of married men. Austin was an American approved in 1822 by Mexico as an empresario for this effort, after the nation had gained independence from Spain. By 1825 the colony had a population of 1,790, including 443 enslaved African Americans. Because the Americans believed they needed enslaved workers, Austin negotiated with the Mexican government to gain approval, as the new nation was opposed to slavery. Mexico abolished it in 1837. The colony encompassed an area that ran from the Gulf of Mexico on the south, to near present-day Jones Creek in Brazoria County, Brenham in Washington County, Navasota in Grimes County, and La Grange in Fayette County. It was the first authorized colony of Anglo-American settlers and enslaved African Americans in Mexico. Implementation American Moses Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias R
Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac language, Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic language, Arabic: الیاس Ilyās, Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal name in numerous languages. Variants * Éilias Irish language, Irish * Elia Italian language, Italian, English language, English * Elias Norwegian language, Norwegian * Elías Icelandic language, Icelandic * Éliás Hungarian language, Hungarian * Elías Spanish language, Spanish * Eliáš, Elijáš Czech language, Czech * Elias, Eelis, Eljas Finnish language, Finnish * Elias Danish language, Danish, German language, German, Swedish language, Swedish * Elias Portuguese language, Portuguese * Elias, Iliya () Persian language, Persian * Elias, Elis Swedish l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alluvium
Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluvium is also sometimes called alluvial deposit. Alluvium is typically geologically young and is not consolidated into solid rock. Sediments deposited underwater, in seas, estuaries, lakes, or ponds, are not described as alluvium. Floodplain alluvium can be highly fertile, and supported some of the earliest human civilizations. Definitions The present consensus is that "alluvium" refers to loose sediments of all types deposited by running water in floodplains or in alluvial fans or related landforms. However, the meaning of the term has varied considerably since it was first defined in the French dictionary of Antoine Furetière, posthumously published in 1690. Drawing upon concepts from Roman law, Furetière defined ''alluvion'' (the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwood, Texas
Ashwood is a small unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. It is located at the intersection of FM 1728 and County Road 112. The community was established when a railroad was built through the area around 1900. It had a post office between 1910 and 1952 when it closed. Geography Ashwood is along FM 1728 about north of Bay City in northeastern Matagorda County. Caney Creek flows south on the west side of the community. File:Ashwood TX Sign.jpg, Ashwood sign on FM 1728 near Bender Road File:Ashwood TX Caney House.jpg, Caney House Weddings and Events on County 112 File:Ashwood TX Caney Creek.jpg, Rain-swollen Caney Creek at the County 112 bridge History The New York, Texas and Mexican Railway reached Ashwood about 1899–1900 when a branch was built from Wharton Wharton may refer to: Academic institutions * Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania * Wharton County Junior College * Paul R. Wharton High School * Wharton Center for Performi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Houston–Clear Lake
The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) is a public university in Pasadena and Houston, Texas, with branch campuses in Pearland and Texas Medical Center. It is part of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1971, UHCL had an enrollment of more than 9,000 students for fall 2019. The university serves students in four academic colleges. UHCL offers 97 degree programs: 46 bachelors, 48 masters, and three doctoral. Awarding more than 2,100 degrees annually, the university's alumni base exceeds 73,000. History In 1961 NASA announced that the Manned Spacecraft Center would be located in Houston just off the shores of Clear Lake. Early in the development of the Manned Spacecraft Center, a demand for graduate studies grew within NASA and the nearby space-related industries. In 1964 the University of Houston (UH) began offering courses in physics, math, and various engineering programs to NASA employees at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). On Sept. 10, 1965, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is the environmental agency for the state of Texas. The commission's headquarters are located at 12100 Park 35 Circle in Austin. The fourth largest environmental agency in the United States (and the third largest state environmental agency, behind the US Environmental Protection Agency, the California EPA, and the New York DEC), it employs approximately 2,780 employees, has 16 regional offices, and has a $420 million operating budget for the 2016 fiscal year. History Creation The history of natural resource protection by the State of Texas is one of gradual evolution from protecting the right of access to natural resources (principally surface water) to a broader role in protecting public health and conserving natural resources for future generations of Texans. Natural resource programs were established in Texas at the turn of the 20th century, motivated initially by concerns over the management of water resources and wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Matagorda Bay
East Matagorda Bay is a bay off Matagorda County on the Texas Gulf Coast (at 28°43' N, 95°49' W), enclosed by the Matagorda Peninsula and the tidal flats at the mouth of the Colorado River. It is a minor estuary, one of a series of estuaries along the Gulf Coast of Texas, but it has no significant river sources, receiving only the runoff from the adjacent coastal watershed. Its only true opening to the Gulf of Mexico is through Brown Cedar Cut, near the north end of the peninsula. East Matagorda Bay was devastated by the 1942 Matagorda Hurricane, the most devastating hurricane of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season. It is part of the Matagorda Bay system, the third largest estuarine system in the state of Texas. Ecosystem East Matagorda Bay’s ecosystem is home to many different species of marine and freshwater fish. Freshwater species of fish include black bass, temperate bass, catfish, crappie, redbreast sunfish, carp, minnows, gar, and buffalo fish. Marine fish may be in d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawkinsville, Texas
Hawkinsville was a community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. In 2018, there were a few homes nearby, several businesses one mile to the south, and the name appeared on maps, but one source refers to the place in the past tense, while a second source states that the town disappeared in the 1950s. The town site is between Cedar Lane and Sargent. Geography Hawkinsville is located in southeast Matagorda County, southeast of Van Vleck. The historic site of Hawkinsville is on FM 457 north of its intersection with FM 2611. A bend of Caney Creek comes near FM 457 at the location. A single home can be seen near the historic location. File:Hawkinsville TX Site.jpg, Historic site of Hawkinsville is on FM 457 about 1 mile north of FM 2611. Caney Creek is on the right. File:Hawkinsville TX Market.jpg, Hawkinsville Market sign is at the intersection of FM 457 and FM 2611 farther south. History The town was named in honor of James Boyd Hawkins, a planter from North Caroli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Farm To Market Roads In Texas (500–599)
Farm to Market Roads in Texas are owned and maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). FM 500 Farm to Market Road 500 (FM 500) is located in San Saba County. It runs from SH 16 north of San Saba to FM 45 north of Richland Springs. FM 500 was designated on July 13, 1945, from SH 16 northwestward to Fairview. It was extended northwest twice: a extension on November 23, 1948, and a extension on September 29, 1954. On August 24, 1955, it was extended to the west to FM 45, replacing FM 1479. RM 501 Ranch to Market Road 501 (RM 501) is located in Mason and San Saba counties. Its western terminus is at SH 71 in Pontotoc. It travels to the north before turning to the east toward Cherokee, where it crosses SH 16. It then travels eastward and then northeastward before reaching its eastern terminus at FM 580 southwest of Bend, for a total length of . RM 501 was authorized on July 13, 1945, as Farm to Market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnville Bayou
Linnville may refer to: *Linnville, Ohio * Linnville, Brazoria County, Texas, see List of ghost towns in Texas *Linnville, Calhoun County, Texas Linnville, Texas was a town in the Republic of Texas, in what is now Calhoun County. It was founded in 1831 and destroyed in the Great Raid of 1840.Details on the road to Linnville from Victoria, TX are available in an 1858 map of Victoria County. ... See also * Linville (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
