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Location of Victoria County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Victoria County, Texas. There are one district and 114 individual properties listed on the ...
The focus of the permanent displays in the Sidney Museum is the human history of Sidney and the North Saanich Peninsula. [3] This includes the First Nations groups of the Peninsula, the settler families of the area, economic ventures and development throughout the past century, the beginnings of the railway and transportation systems in the area, the development of the Town of Sidney, the ...
The University of Houston–Victoria was founded in 1971 and remains there today. In 2017, the Victoria Islamic Center mosque was destroyed by an arson attack. [10] [11] A 25-year-old Victoria man was convicted of the crime and sentenced to prison. [12] [13] A documentary film, A Town Called Victoria, was produced about the incident. [14] [15] [16]
Sidney was originally known as Jimmie's Creek, Canady or Round Mountain [2] before being named after a son of the community's first postmaster, John C. Stapp, in 1886. [3] The area was settled some time before 1870 by William Yarbrough and J. A. Wright. The pioneers chose this location for the spring-fed stream that was nearby.
O. Henry House refers to two homes which the author, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry lived. Both of these homes are located in Texas. In Austin, Texas. William Sidney Porter House; In San Antonio, Texas. O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio)
The William Sydney Porter House or O. Henry House is a historic structure in Downtown Austin, Texas. William Sydney Porter, better known as the author O. Henry, lived there between 1893 and 1895. The Porter house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1973. The house is known today as the O. Henry Museum.
Million Barrel Museum at 1500 E. Sealy Ave. Monahans: 1966 Million Barrel Museum, 400 Museum Blvd off E. Sealy Avenue (US 80) Old Railroad Section House 3788: PR 41 1.5 mi. N. of entrance to Monahans Sandhills State Park, 2500 I-20 E. Exit 86
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