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History in
a Pecan Shell
Cattleman Sam Hudgins is credited with being one of the first settlers.
From merely grazing cattle, landowners diversified into sugar cane
and cotton. By the 1880s the community
had both a school and church. In the early 1890s, the area was promoted
by the Horn Bros. who offered prospective buyers one lot in nearby
Velasco for each five lots bought
at Oyster Creek. The brothers were indicted for fraud and one went
to prison while the other took the easier path of suicide. The town
lost a sizeable portion of its population in 1915 when floodwaters
chased residents to higher ground. Nothing of importance happened
through the 20s and 30s and it wasn't until WWII
when Oyster Creek was included in the Brazosport industrial and port
complex. The town had a population of 574 in the mid 1950s, growing
to 700 by the mid 1960s. The 1970 population of 600 increased slowly
to the present 1,192. |
| Photo
courtesy Ken Rudine, July 2007 |
| Photo
courtesy Ken Rudine, July 2007 |
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