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Goose Creek Chapter
Baytown, Texas
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This year Baytown celebrates 53 years of DAR! We continue the traditions of
providing Good Citizen and Good Citizenship awards to our 4 area high schools, sponsoring the American
History Essay Contest, and collecting gifts for the patients in the
Michael DeBakey Veteran's Affairs Administration
Medical Center in Houston. The John Lewis and Goose Creek Chapters merged in 1997, creating a single
chapter for Baytown.
One of the first settlers of Baytown was Nathaniel Lynch who, in 1822,
set up a ferry crossing at the junction of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou that is
still in operation. William Scott, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, received a
land grant in 1824. Scott's two leagues and one labor of land, over 9,000 acres, covered most
of the area of present Baytown. Near William Scott's home on San Jacinto (Scott's) Bay, a
settlement grew to include a small store and a sawmill. It was called Bay Town.
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We meet the first Monday
of October, November, December, February, March, and May.
We meet with the Sons of
the American Revolution (SAR) the third
Saturday of September, January, April, and June.
If you are interested in
DAR membership in our chapter, we'd love to hear from you.
Contact:
Melanie
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Last Update
11/21/2008 02:17:47 PM -0600
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