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Bluebonnets
Brahma Cows west of Conroe
TE photo, 2006 |
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History in
a Pecan Shell
A timeline of selected significant events:
1881: Lumberman Isaac Conroe establishes sawmill on Stewarts Creek.
1884: Post office granted as Conroe's Switch on the I-GN
railroad.
1889: Population reaches 300, replaces Montgomery as county seat.
1891: Courthouse constructed.
1892: Population reaches 500.
1896: The weekly Conroe Courier was
first published.
1900: Conroe becomes Mongomery County's largest town.
1901: Major fire destroys part of downtown.
1904: Incorporated with a population of about 1,000
1911: Another fire does extensive damage.
1914: Population reaches 1,374.
1921: Town finally buys its first fire engine.
1931: Population reaches 2,457. Oil is discovered seven miles from
town -causing a boom
1933: Population reaches 5,000. Conroe's streets are paved.
1935:
Crighton Theater constructed*
1936: New Courthouse
built. Population reaches 10,000.
1941: Population declines to 4,624.
1972: Population reaches 11,969.
1982: Population reaches 18,034.
1990: Population 27,675.
2000:
Population 36,811.
*According
to the Handbook of Texas
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Downtown
Conroe
Photo by John Troesser June 2004 |
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Chamber
Street, Conroe in the 1920s
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
~txgenweb// postcards/Index.html |
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Crighton Theater
Photo by John Troesser June 2004 |
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A
downtown bank building
Photo by John Troesser June 2004 |
The Annual
Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival -
Second weekend in October |
Conroe
Attractions
Crighton
Theatre
- 936-441-ARTS
Restored 1934 theatre. Live performances.
234 N. Main
Cynthia
Woods Mitchell Pavilion - See The
Woodlands
Heritage
Museum of Montgomery County
- 936-539-6873
In Candy Cane Park.
Conroe
Hotels > Book Your
Hotel Here & Save
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WWII-era
airfield watertower in Conroe brought down.
Photo courtesy Clyde Burns |
Conroe Recreation
Lake Conroe
- West Fork of San Jacinto River in Montgomery and Walker Counties
Lake Conroe
Park - On Hwy 105, 7 miles west of I-45.
936-788-8302
W. Goodrich
Jones State Forest - A mile west of I-45 along Farm Road 1488,
just south of Conroe.
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Conroe
Lodge cornerstone
Photo by John Troesser June 2004 |
Conroe
Tourist Information
Lake
Conroe Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
505 West Davis Street Conroe, TX 77301
(877) 4-CONROE or (936) 538-7112
http://www.lakeconroecvb.org/
Conroe
Hotels >
Book Your Hotel Here & Save
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The masonic building in Conroe
Photo by John Troesser June 2004
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A
utilitarian barber pole downtown
Photo by John Troesser June 2004 |
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