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 Duke Community Posted by:  Moonjami
N 29° 30.718 W 095° 28.228
15R E 260533 N 3267253
Texas Historical Marker commemorating the origins and brief history of the Duke Community, today part of Arcola, TX, of which only the cemetery survives.
Waymark Code: WMFZHM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2012
Views: 10
Marker Number: 15315
Marker Text:
In 1824, Old Three-Hundred settlers David Fitzgerald, Thomas Barnett and Moses Shipman received land grants in this area. Fitzgerald fought at Anahuac in 1832; Barnett signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. This location on the northeastern high bluff of Clear Lake, an ample supply of water for steam engines, led to the construction of railroads here by the mid-1800s. Duke was terminus of the Sugar Land Railway for loading sugarcane. The area developed as a major shipping point with a store, hotel, livestock pen, and sugar mills. It was named for Duke Hessey, the storekeeper. Duke had a post office from 1883 to 1922; the first Postmaster was J.R. Fenn. Today, Duke Cemetery is the only remnant of this once-thriving community. (2008)
Marker is property of the State of Texas
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