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Montgomery County, Texas
Historical Markers in Conroe, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 8 Texas historical markers in Conroe, in Montgomery County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Oil Boom, Tales of Tragedy, Strange But True, and Native History. The markers on this list were placed between 1966 and 2023.
Start with these Conroe stories
- Conroe Oil Fieldplaced 1967
One of the great petroleum areas of the Texas coastal region. Opened December 13, 1931, by the discovery well of George Strake (No. 1 South Texas…
- West Fork of The San Jacinto Riverplaced 1975
Patiri and other Indians lived here in Archaic and Neo-American periods. When Spanish incursions began in the 1700s, the river was named either for…
- Conroeplaced 1966
Established in the forest in 1881 as Isaac Conroe's sawmill, 2-1/2 mi. east of present site, at juncture of two railroads, first named Conroe's…
- Conroe Fire of 1911placed 2013
On February 21, 1911 around 1:30 in the morning, a fire broke out in the Capitol Drug Store on Chambers (today North Main) Street.
- Crater Hillplaced 1995
Oil wells known as Madeley No. 1 and No. 2, drilled in 1933 by Standard Oil Company of Kansas, came in on fire and threatened the entire Conroe oil…
- Mallalieu United Methodist Churchplaced 2005
Area residents organized First Ward Methodist Episcopal Church on June 23, 1885, and in November of that year, the Rev. I.D. Rose became the church's…
Conroe on the Texas history calendar
All 8 historical markers in Conroe
Historical markers near Conroe
- Montgomery10 stories · 15 mi
- Coldspring5 stories · 29 mi
- Huntsville39 stories · 30 mi
- Anderson8 stories · 35 mi
- Navasota5 stories · 37 mi
- Houston236 stories · 37 mi
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