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Cotton
Wagon in 1911 Sealy. See Texas
Cotton Gins
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If the name is familiar,
yes, it is where Sealy Mattresses were first made. There is a historical
marker at the site of the Haynes Mattress Factory. Buildings still remain
and we were told "they could still put together a mattress today" (if
they really had to). If it wasn't for Sealy, we might all still be sleeping on
Spanish Moss.
Driving/Walking
Tour
You can pick up a driving/walking tour at the chamber of commerce
- if it's open. A project of the Sealy Area Historical Society, the brochure provides
you with street by street details of businesses, homes and points of interest.
The Texas
Theater: Dating to 1929, the theater is (as of Fall 2005) in use as a restaurant
and apartments. Heritage
Park/Santa Fe Park Museum: Items from the original colonial period are on
display as well as more modern items. These include the old jail (complete with
bent bars from an escape attempt) and a road grader once pulled by oxen. East
of downtown, across the RR tracks. Open by appointment.
Sealy Chamber
of Commerce
309 Main Street P O Box 586 Sealy, Texas 77474
Phone:
(979) 885-3222
Website: http://www.sealy-tx.com/
Sealy Convention and
Visitor's Bureau
Phone: (979) 885-3222
http://www.sealycvb.org/
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facade of the former Texas Theater in Sealy.
Photo by John Troesser,
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Nearby Attractions
San
Felipe and the Stephen
F. Austin State Historical Park are two of the must-see stops on the Texas
Independence Trail. Tiny San Felipe de Austin was the first capital of Austin's
Colony. Burned by its citizens upon the approach of Santa Anna, it was rebuilt
after San
Jacinto. Buildings include a replica of SFA's "dog-trot" cabin as well as
a store. There is also a bronze seated statute of Stephen F. Austin. The park
is divided into historic and recreational sections.
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on stone - The old high school name - rescued from the landfill by Pete Schiller.
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Texas ForumIn
regard to Texas Theatre...Charles Krampitz was the operator/owner of the theatre
which opened in 1929 in Sealy, Texas. - Judy Oakes, June 07, 2005
The Texas Theater
was owned and operated by my grandfather, Frank Jacob Krampitz, Sr. Charles Krampitz
was his second son, who recently passed away. The theater was operational until
it burned in 1981. Until that time, my grandfather had the distinction of being
the oldest and continuously-operating independent "showman" in the country. I
am not certain, but I believe he began showing silent films in a tent in Sealy
long before 1929. - John B. Krampitz, Ph.D., October 06, 2005
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