First Texas Sugar Refinery - Sugar Land, TX
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ggmorton
N 29° 37.233 W 095° 38.144
15R E 244781 N 3279643
A marker locating the spot of the first sugar refinery in Texas.
Waymark Code: WM13920
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2020
Views: 1
"The center of the sugar industry from Texas colonial days and the site of the first sugar refinery in Texas located by S.M. Williams on land granted to him by the Mexican government.
Marked by the Texas Society Daughters of the American Colonists
February 13, 1952"
Reference: Marker text
The marker is located just in front of the old Imperial Sugar Refinery building in Sugar Land.
Group that erected the marker: Texas Society Daughters of the AMerican Colonists
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
198 Kempner St
Sugar Land, TX USA
77498
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