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ANAHUAC,
TEXAS
Chambers
County Seat, Texas
Gulf Coast
On Trinity Bay
Highway 65
3 miles West of FM 562
45 miles W of Port Arthur
46 miles SW of Beaumont
49 miles E of Houston
Population 2,210 (2000) 1,993 (1990)
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Traffic
is not a problem in Anahuac
The Lone Star Canal
Photo by John Troesser |
History
in a Seashell
In 1721 a French explorer named Jean Baptiste de La Harpe visited
a village of Atakapans Indians near what would become Anahuac.
Construction of a fort was begun in 1830.
Gen. Manuel de Mier y Terán, commanding officer of the Mexican province
of Coahuila y Texas, named the town Anahuac in1831. The is the Aztec
word for the known world - which before the Conquest, was the Aztec
capital.
The town experienced turmoil in 1832 and 1835 before the Texas Revolution
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Chambersea:
The home of Thomas Jefferson Chambers
Photo by John Troesser |
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Independence,
Gen. Thomas Jefferson Chambers and Charles Willcox both claimed ownership
of the townsite which stunted the community's growth. Chambers was
killed by an assassin in his home one night in 1865, ending the dispute.
General Chambers modestly called the town Chambersea in his own honor
- a view that wasn't popular. His house is now a local historic site.
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The
Chambers name is still prominent in the county.
The road near Wallisville
Photo by John Troesser |
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A brief timeline
of significant events in Anahuac's history:
1900s: The Anahuac Townsite Company began real estate development
1902: Construction of the Lone Star Canal began
1907: Election was held to make Anahuac county seat over Wallisville.
1935: Oil is discovered offshore
1963: National Wildlife Refuge was established 16 miles from Anahuac
The
1936 Chambers County Courthouse
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A
country road in Chambers County
Photo by John Troesser |
Anahuac
Chronicles
Disturbance
of 1832 by Archie P. McDonald (From "All Things Historical")
The Women of 1836
by Linda Kirkpatrick
The women who came to Texas were strong beyond means. They faced every
hardship and danger that one can imagine and still they survived.
The following stories relate the tales of a few of these women. The
first is an unnamed woman from Anahuac...
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Anahuac's
water tower
Photo by John Troesser |
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