| Marker Number |
9545 |
| Atlas Number |
5039009545 |
| Marker Title |
Vicinity of Oyster Creek and Chocolate Bayou |
| Index Entry |
Oyster Creek_Chocolate Bayou |
| Address |
SH 35 |
| City |
Alvin |
| County |
Brazoria |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
278069 |
| UTM Northing |
3247076 |
| Subject Codes |
water topics; settlement; transportation; agriculture |
| Marker Year |
1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
SH 35, E side opposite Camp Mohawk Park Dr. at entrance to Chocolate Bayou public boat ramp. Marker reported missing Apr. 2021. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Missing |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Most early Texas homes and towns were built along streams that provided water for people and livestock, and travel for boats said to be capable of "floating on a heavy dew". Oyster Creek served, 1822-1861, as such a homesite-highway. Its boat landings were piled high with sugar, cotton, cane and other products of some of America's richest plantations. Chocolate Bayou was an area of early-day cattle raising. These were 2 of 50 streams and 10 bays that made this coast a network of useful waterways. (1968) |
