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3 Where was the Robertson County community of "Box Quarters?" How did it get its name? Box Quarters was located in the Brazos bottom near Hammond, between Bremond & Calvert. The name was in reference to the small, square shacks inhabited by the slaves on the plantations. According to one Handbook of Texas Online article, six different Indian tribes have been present in Robertson County. Name these tribes.
Why are the streets that cross Davis Street in Hearne (in the area between the old Houston & Texas Central & the old International & Great Northern Railroad tracks) about 50 feet off? Davis Street marks the line where the two different town maps drafted by the Houston & Texas Central Railroad and the International & Great Northern Railroad came together. When the two railroads merged their land operations into the New York & Texas Land Company, a discrepancy of about 50 feet resulted along Davis Street. Instead of reconciling the maps, the town was laid out according to the original maps and the 50 feet discrepancy was cemented into history. The Brazos River rises near the eastern boundary of which Texas county? Stonewall County The Brazos River empties into the Gulf of Mexico near what town in which Texas county? Freeport, Brazoria County Where was the Robertson County community of "Sterling?" How did it get its name? Sterling was on the east bank of the Little Brazos River two miles west of the site of present Calvert in eastern Robertson County. It was founded in the 1830s and named for Sterling Clack Robertson, who lived near the community and called Sterling home ... The Old San Antonio Road (OSR) is also known by what three other names? Camino Real, King's Highway, & San Antonio-Nacogdoches Road Four of the towns/communities listed below are the one and only town/community of that name in the United States. Identify these four towns/communities.
In the United States, how many towns/communities are named
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