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The Davison Home is a Victorian structure built between 1895 and 1897 by Frank B. Davison (1855-1935), a pioneer of Texas City, Texas, and his wife Florence Grace Haven.It is currently operated as a museum by the Texas City Museum with the help of the Texas City Historical Association in the city originally known as Shoal Point.
Also, the community had a high literacy rate. By the early 1900s residents worked in railroad occupations and later in industry. In 1911, an interurban line came through the community, and Highland Station opened; the Settlement was known as Highlands and La Marque until it was incorporated into the city limits of Texas City in the 1950s.
The name "Samson" is derived from the Hebrew word šemeš, which means "sun", [10] [1] [34] so that Samson bore the name of God, who is called "a sun and shield" in Psalms 84:12; [10] and as God protected Israel, so did Samson watch over it in his generation, judging the people even as did God. [10]
The Port of Texas City, operated by the Port of Texas City / Texas City Terminal Railway, is the eighth-largest port in the United States and the third-largest in Texas, with waterborne tonnage exceeding 78 million net tons. The Texas City Terminal Railway Company provides an important land link to the port, handling over 25,000 carloads per year.
Frank B. Davison House in Texas City, Texas. Transferred from Michigan in 1891 as resident manager of the Texas City Improvement Company, he moved to a location within what would be the city in 1892. He established its first Post Office in 1893, opened its first general store, and became a director of its first bank, the Texas City State Bank.
Officers took a 16-year-old suspect into custody without incident on Friday, the release says. Due to their age, no other information will be released regarding the suspect’s identity.
Seeking Texas's immediate acceptance of annexation, Tyler made Texas a generous offer that allowed the state to retain control of its public lands, though it would be required to keep its public debt. [69] A Texas convention approved of the offer of annexation in July 1845, and Texas officially became the 28th U.S. state on December 29, 1845. [70]
The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions .