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Rosenberg was the first president of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroads and was a very wealthy railroad tycoon. Later in life, Mr. Rosenberg became a philanthropist and upon his death on May 12, 1893, he left his wealth to many charitable organizations.
Rosenberg is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area and Fort Bend County. Rosenberg was named for Henry Von Rosenberg, who emigrated to Texas from Switzerland in 1843.
Rosenberg began as a shipping point on the Brazos River, and reached a boom in the late-18 and early 1900s as Railroads developed. It grew to become a center of commerce in the 1940s and 50s, and was knows as the “Hub of the Gulf Coast.”
Rosenberg, TX. Rosenberg is on U.S. Highway 59 twenty-eight miles southwest of downtown Houston in central Fort Bend County. The area was originally settled by Stephen F. Austin 's Old Three Hundred around 1823.
This week, we've been reading all about the "Hub of the Gulf Coast" in the brand-new, hot-off-the-press book "Images of America: Historic Downtown Rosenberg." It's full of cool information we bet you didn't know about Rosenberg.
Rosenberg’s population quickly grew to 1,000 people by 1900, and in 1902, it was incorporated. The first Masonic lodge was established in 1903. The first brick building, constructed in 1907, was J.H.P. Davis Bank, in the heart of the downtown.
Rosenberg is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area and Fort Bend County. Rosenberg was named for Henry Von Rosenberg, who emigrated to Texas from Switzerland in 1843.
A timeline of significant events in Rosenberg History: In 1880 the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway railroad built three miles to the west of the Richmond – the Fort Bend County Seat – because Richmond refused a right-of-way.
History. Whether you are planning to spend the day, a week, or a lifetime here, you have come to a community proud of its rich history dating back to 1883 when the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway laid out a town site and named it after the company’s president, Henry Rosenberg.
Stroll the streets of historic Rosenberg, and be immersed in the spirit of a community that has grown from a town with one hotel, a grocery, and a saloon, to a community offering the finest family events, hometown hospitality and a history of cultural diversity.