Historical Markers in Conroe, Texas

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• 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.

• Crane Family Cabinplaced 1974

  Nickolas Crane (b. 1830) came to Texas from Alabama, 1848, and in 1850s married Mary Ann Havard.

• 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…

Conroe on the Texas history calendar

• December 13: Conroe Oil Field

All 18 historical markers in Conroe

• Conroe1966
• Conroe Community Cemetery2023
• Conroe Fire of 19112013
• Conroe Oil Field1967
• Conroe Telephone Exchange2000
• Crane Family Cabin1974
• Crater Hill1995
• James Jordan (Jardine) Log House1977
• Mabin Alexander Anderson1968
• Mallalieu United Methodist Church2005
• Montgomery County1936
• Montgomery County Courthouses2013
• Oklahoma Cemetery2001
• Shepherd Drive Methodist Church1995
• The Davison Home1966
• The Isaac Conroe Property1981
• The W. A. "Bay" Evans Home1984
• West Fork of The San Jacinto River1975

Historical markers near Conroe

• Willis7 stories · 8 mi
• Montgomery27 stories · 13 mi
• Magnolia6 stories · 15 mi
• New Waverly7 stories · 17 mi
• Spring7 stories · 18 mi
• Tomball18 stories · 19 mi

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