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The Fort Bend Epicenter (sometimes stylized as EpiCenter) is a 230,000 square foot (21,368 m 2) multi-purpose arena and event space in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, Texas. It is the home venue of LOVB Houston in LOVB Pro. The facility comprises an 8,600-seat arena, conference rooms, a multi-purpose area, and an outdoor pavilion.
Rosenberg was named for Henry Von Rosenberg, who emigrated to Texas from Switzerland in 1843. Von Rosenberg was an important figure in the settlement of Fort Bend County and the Gulf Coast region. [4] The population was 38,282 at the 2020 census, [5] up from 30,618 at the 2010 census. [6] The community holds the Fort Bend County fair in October ...
In 1957–58, Southern Newspapers bought the papers, along with the Fort Bend Reporter (est. circa 1921) and merged them to form the twice-weekly Herald-Coaster. It became a five-day newspaper in 1967 and was bought by Bill Hartman's newspaper company in 1974.
Fort Bend County was created from parts of Austin, Harris, and Brazoria Counties in 1838. Fort Bend developed a plantation economy based on cotton as the commodity crop. Planters had numerous African-American slaves as laborers. By the 1850s, Fort Bend was one of six majority-black counties in Texas. [7]
Location of Fort Bend County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fort Bend County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fort Bend County, Texas. There are one district and seven individual properties listed on ...
Fort Bend was a blockhouse built in a large bend of the Brazos River in what is now Fort Bend County, Texas, to provide protection against Indian raids.It was erected in November 1822 by several members of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, including William W. Little, Joseph Polley, William Smithers [Smeathers], Charles Beard, Henry Holster and is described as a "little log shanty".
Earlier this month, Lang won the 3,200 and was part of Fort's first-place 4x800 in the regional meet. She'll run both again at the indoor state meet in Lynchburg that begins Wednesday and runs ...
Texas State Highway Spur 10 (Spur 10) is a spur route in the U.S. state of Texas that remains within Fort Bend County. The highway begins at State Highway 36 (SH 36) near Pleak and runs in a northwesterly direction until it ends at SH 36 northwest of Rosenberg. Northbound traffic on SH 36 can use Spur 10 to avoid passing through Rosenberg.