Life Yesterday in Fort Bend County, Texas

Mexican Texas Spanish Texas, 1519–1821 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992) to 1827

RUNAWAY SCRAPE by Delue Harris The Runaway Scrape started after the Battle of the Alamo when Santa Anna started chasing Sam Houston with his burn and destroy tactics. The settlers fled across the Sabine River for safety in Lousianna, then part or the UNITED STATES. The Runaway Scrape ended with the Battle of San Jacinto victory.

The links below are to the places in Fort Bend County, Texas that exist today or have existed in the past.

The Duke Community Ghost town [marker] same location as Clear Lake,Texas

The Arcola Community

Fresno, Texas Was Riceton, Texas Was Malvern, Texas

Hawdon, Texas Ghost town

House, Texas Ghost town [Also shown located at Arcola Sugar Mills]

Juliff, Texas Ghost town

Trammells, Texas Ghost town

Emelia, Texas Ghost town

Herman, Texas Ghost town

Burnside, Texas Ghost town

Sugar Land Junction, Texas

DeWalt, Texas Ghost town [marker]

The old Brisco pumping station [photo] was near the road from DeWalt to Thompsons. The bridge over the Brazos River washed out.

Dyer, Texas Ghost town [Shown on 1936 map at a different location NW of Rosenberg]

Hobby, Texas Ghost town same location as Blue Ridge, Texas

Smada, Texas Ghost town Shown on the 1915 map

Located at Hwy 6 and old Mill Rd [FirestoneStore] In Sugarland,Texas

Stafford, Texas [marker] Was Staffordsville Was Stafford's Point

Coalson, Texas Ghost town

Fifth Street, Texas

Meadows, Texas

Missouri City, Texas [marker]

Harlem, Texas Ghost town Eventually becomes Sugar Land, Texas

Hodge's Bend, Texas Ghost town Eventually becomes Sugar Land, Texas

Walker Station [Links to 1830-1890 literature] Was renamed Sartartia

Sartartia, Texas Eventually becomes Sugar Land, Texas

Convict Camp, Texas Ghost town Eventually becomes Sugar Land

Sugar Land, Texas [marker]

Cabell, Texas Ghost town Shown on the 1915 map

Hickey, Texas Ghost town

Part of the Sugar Land Railroad that ran west from Sugar Land to Cabell and then west to Hickey.

Cole Ghost town A stop on the Sugar Land RR in 1925. Located between Cabell and Sugar Land

Elmore Ghost town A stop on the Sugar Land RR in 1925. Located between Cabell and Sugar Land

Pryor Ghost town A stop on the Sugar Land RR in 1925. Located between Cabell and Sugar Land

Imperial, Texas Ghost town A stop on the Sugar Land RR in 1925. Cabell and Sugar Land

Dorothy, Texas Ghost town

Riddick, Texas Ghost town

Clodine, Texas [marker] Shown on the 1915 map

Cinco Ranch, Texas

Manchester, Texas Ghost town

Pecan Grove, Texas

Foster Community, Texas Ghost town [marker]

Flewellen, Texas Ghost town

Fulshear, Texas [marker]

Rhemond, Texas Ghost town Located northeast of Simonton towards Pittsville or Fulshear.

Simonton, Texas

Pittsville, Texas [marker] Ghost town

Fayetteville, Texas Ghost town

Gaston, Texas Ghost town

Site of Thompson's Ferry [marker]

Oyster Creek

The towns listed above were on the east side the Brazos River. The towns listed below were on the west side of the Brazos River. The first bridges built across the Brazos were railroad bridges, starting in about 1875. To appreciate how this river divided the county, the next time you want to cross the river, DON'T USE A BRIDGE.