Rosenberg, Texas

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B.J. Thomas
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John Holiday
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RoZY
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Larry Callies
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Rivers & Roads in Song near Rosenberg

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Rosenberg.

Brazos River 42 songs U.S. Route 59 9 songs Interstate 10 36 songs US Route 90 9 songs Texas Colorado River 6 songs Interstate 45 8 songs

History of Rosenberg

The High School Band That Sold a Million Records RoadyGoat

The Triumphs got started in Rosenberg in the fall of 1959, put together by Denver Zatyka, Teddy Mensik and Tim Griffith, all of them Lamar Consolidated High School boys. In December they added a singer named B.J. Thomas. Their first show was January of 1960 at the Teen Canteen over in Richmond, and the second was a dance at the Rosenberg American Legion hall. Within a couple of years they were one of the biggest acts in Texas, opening at the Houston Coliseum for Roy Orbison, the Dave Clark Five and the Four Tops, with Lazy Man up to number seven on KILT. Then in 1966 they cut a Hank Williams song, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, and it sold more than a million copies and brought home a gold record. All of that came out of a high school band from this town.

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The Day Smoke Rose From Rosenberg's Oldest Block RoadyGoat

The brick commercial block on the 1900 block of Avenue G is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Rosenberg, put up in 1910 by Jacob Gray. Louis A. Vogelsang leased it for his general merchandise business in 1912, bought it in 1922, and ran his store there until 1947, and the Vogelsang name stuck to the building for good. It came to represent Rosenberg's transition from rough railroad settlement to a permanent downtown. Then, on August 11, 2023, a fire believed to have started with a mechanical failure in the attic HVAC system tore through the structure. No one was hurt, but the combination of fire above and firefighting water below gutted much of the century-old building, displacing restaurants, shops, and theater organizations. What followed became a real test of whether Rosenberg could save one of its most important downtown structures rather than lose it. The Ol' Railroad Cafe, a key tenant, reopened in the surviving section on April 3, 2024, keeping historic woodwork while rebuilding around it. Other portions remain in various stages of repair. (Source: Houston Chronicle; Fort Bend Herald.)

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The Cowboy History Hollywood Left Out RoadyGoat

At 1104 Third Street, an ordinary downtown storefront holds one of the region's more important collections of Black cowboy history. The Black Cowboy Museum was founded by Larry Callies, a local cowboy, rodeo rider, and historian who describes himself as part of a multigenerational cowboy family; his great-grandfather had been enslaved before becoming a working cowboy after emancipation. Callies entered rodeo life as a child and later built the museum because the Black cowboys he grew up around so rarely appeared in popular Westerns or in standard museum narratives. Inside, the collection covers well-known figures such as Bass Reeves, Nat Love, and Bill Pickett while also preserving the everyday stories of Fort Bend County ranch hands and rodeo riders. What makes it ring true is that the museum did not simply land in Rosenberg as a traveling exhibit; it grew directly from the founder's own lived experience in the local ranching and rodeo world. The museum remains open, though visitors are advised to call ahead. (Source: The Guardian; Black Cowboy Museum.)

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Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte

1835

President of the Republic of Texas A native of Georgia, Mirabeau B. Lamar came to Texas in 1835 and immediately became involved in the movement for independence from Mexico. Upon the fall of the Alamo and news of the Goliad Massacre, he joined the Texas Army, in the rank of private, as Houston's troops moved eastward toward San Jacinto. In a swiftly moving chain of events, he was made colonel on the eve of the Battle of San Jacinto, and there commanded the cavalry with distinction. Ten days later he was Secretary of War in the ad interim government, and a month later was appointed commander-in-chief of the army. Lamar was elected vice-president in the first national election in 1836. Anti-Sam Houston leaders sponsored him for president in 1837. He won the election and took office in 1838 for a 3-year term. His administration was known for its opposition to annexation, a forceful Indian policy, and the recognition of Texas by Great Britain and France. Lamar is credited with laying the foundation for the first system of public education in Texas. He died in 1859 at his plantation near Richmond, and is buried here in the Morton Cemetery.

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Smith, Erastus ("Deaf")

1821

(April 17, 1787 - November 30, 1837) Most famous scout in Texas War for Independence. Obeyed Gen. Sam Houston's strategic order, then raised San Jacinto Battle Cry: "Fight for your lives! Vince's Bridge has been cut down." A native of New York, Smith settled in 1821 in San Antonio. Trading in land and goods, he traveled Texas province, making him invaluable guide for Army during the War for Independence. He married Guadalupe Ruiz Duran. They had three daughters. Dying here in home of Randall Jones (a friend), he was buried in Calvary Churchyard, Houston at 6th. Grave is now unidentified.

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Cole Theatre

1919

On August 16, 1919, Czech immigrants Fred Felcman and Miles Podlipny opened the Liberty Theatre, showing silent and Czech films. Renamed Cole Theatre after new owner Mart Cole in 1935 and remodeled into an art deco façade, the theatre offered Saturday matinee cowboy pictures and hosted performers such as The Ink Spots, Shirley Temple and John Wayne. In the 1950s-60s, “Bank Nights” brought the community together. While the theater was a meeting place for all, patrons were racially segregated between the floor and balcony levels until 1968. After 63 years in operation, the theater closed in 1982. Later owners staged opries and a TV production studio. The theater has been a staple of Rosenberg for over a century.
				
RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK – 2022


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Pilant, George B.

1836

George B. Pilant, a soldier in the Texas Revolution and the Mier expedition , was born in Alabama around 1812. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Pilant. George and possibly his parents came to Texas in 1836 and settled in Fort Bend County. Shortly after his arrival in Texas, George Pilant enlisted in the Army of the Republic of Texas . He served as a private in Capt. John McClure's Company F of the First Regiment of Infantry from June 6, 1836, to December 14, 1837, when he was honorably discharged. He received a public debt claim certificate in the amount of $146.11 for his service of eighteen months and eight days. In December 1837 Pilant received a bounty warrant for 1,280 acres of land from Secretary of War Barnard E. Bee, Sr., for his service in the Army of the Republic of Texas. The 1,280-acre tract in Grayson County, Texas, was patented to him on January 23, 1849. He also received a special right grant for those who volunteered for military service in Texas before August 1, 1836. This Class 2M grant was for a one-third league of land in Brazoria County, Texas. Headrights were granted under the laws of the Republic of Texas to new residents. George Pilant received a Bexar District first-class headright grant for a league and labor totaling 4,605.50 acres. He patented 2,302.75 acres in LaSalle County and 2,302.50 in Frio County. He was also entitled to a second-class grant given to those who came to Texas after March 2, 1836, but prior to October 1, 1837. His grant, patented August 17, 1846, was for 1,476 acres (one-third league) in Collin County, Texas. Gifford White’s 1840 Citizens of Texas listed G. B. Pilant on the tax rolls in Fort Bend County prior to June 1, 1840. On September 26, 1842, George Pilant enlisted in Capt, William Ryon 's Company for the Mier expedition. He served as a mounted ranger and furnished his own horse, arms, and equipment. On December 25, 1842, in the battle at Mier, Mexico, Pilant was seriously wounded by a gunshot through the breast and shoulder. The wound resulted in a permanent disability. On December 26 the Texans surrendered to the Mexican Army. The Texans who were able were marched to Matamoros and on to Mexico City. Those that were too seriously wounded, including Pilant, were left in the hospital at Mier. After twenty days as a prisoner of war, he and seven others escaped from the hospital and made their way back to Texas. After a long and arduous journey he arrived back home in March 1843. For services and losses sustained on the Mier expedition, he received a public debt claim certificate, dated June 17, 1850, from the state of Texas in the amount of $650. After his military adventures, George Pilant became a farmer in Fort Bend County and by 1850 owned real estate valued at $4,000. In 1860, at George’s residence, his father William died of bronchitis. The census taken on June 11, 1860, listed George’s mother, Elizabeth, in the household. At that time he owned real estate valued at $10,000 and personal property of $500. About 1866 George and his mother moved to Harris County and there he entered the dairy business. In 1870 Pilant made an application for a pension from the state of Texas for his service in the Army of the Republic of Texas and his participation in the Mier expedition. Capt. William Ryon, Elizabeth Pilant, and others signed affidavits supporting the application. The pension application was approved on October 28, 1870. George B. Pilant died in Houston, Texas, in 1887.

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Powell, Elizabeth

1828

Elizabeth Powell, a widow with five children, four of whom came with her to Texas, was reportedly born in Pennsylvania. She entered Texas in 1828 as a colonist of Stephen F. Austin and in 1831 received a league of land from the Mexican government. This was grant number one in Austin's second colony and was located on Turkey Creek and the San Bernard River in what is now Fort Bend County. Her house was situated on the trail from Brazoria and Columbia to San Felipe near where it crossed one of the routes to San Antonio. The Mexican general Vicente Filisola left the only contemporary description of Madam Powell's place. The house he described was in the style that early Americans called double pen or dog-run houses . This style, typical of many homes in early Texas, was two rooms separated by a hallway open at both ends. The kitchen was separate from the main house along with several smaller buildings. Madam Powell, as she was known, had operated a pension or boarding house in New Orleans prior to coming to Texas. At an early date travelers began to stay at her new home in Texas for a small fee. William B. Travis and Anson Jones were two of her more famous guests. The irrepressible Noah Smithwick wrote that he was not concerned that he had to spend a night at Madam Powell's as she "had two attractive daughters." These daughters were Elizabeth, who first married Lemon Kelsey, and Ellen, who first married a near neighbor, Isaac McGary . Both men served in the Texian Army. Another daughter, Julia, had married a man named Leeds and remained in Louisiana. Madam Powell had two sons, Joseph J. and Samuel Graves Powell. It was Joseph who brought word to Sam Houston and the Texians of the Mexican Army's advance across the Brazos in April 1836; the previous October, Samuel had written his mother from the coast warning of a Mexican invasion. On 10 April, 1836, Santa Anna's column visited Mrs. Powell's farm briefly on its way to Harrisburg. General José de Urrea and his units were there on April 20 and again on April 24. At this time he joined up with General Filisola, the other Mexican generals, several thousand soldiers, women camp followers, and wagon teamsters, all camped about Madam Powell's property. Here the generals planned the Mexican army's retreat after learning that the Texians had defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto. On April 26 as the army began moving out, the rear guard burned the house and outbuildings. Elizabeth Powell was one of the first to place a claim before the new Texas government for losses incurred during the war. Her claim was for $4,454.12. Of this amount $500 was for "Dwelling and out houses," "destroyed by the Mexican Army." However there is no record that the claim was ever paid. She sold the cypress timber from her land and twenty-five acres to her neighbor Samuel Damon to build a sawmill. In the first of two agreements with Damon, she reserved 2400 "slabs" from the mill. It is thought she rebuilt on the property, for a later owner in 1943 wrote that there had been an old house on Turkey Creek made from native cypress, two stories in height and of seven or eight rooms. Between 1839 and 1843 the Fort Bend County Court found several money judgments against Elizabeth Powell. During this time, she sold her land to her remaining children (Joseph having been murdered in Columbia) and was said to have moved to Matagorda with a daughter where she lived the rest of her life. On or near the site of her old home place, the Texas Centennial Commission erected an historical marker in 1936. No building stands there now, and in 1999 archaeological testing began at the site.

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Terry, Benjamin Franklin

1861

Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Terry, organizer and first commander of the Eighth Texas Cavalry (Terry's Texas Rangers) in the Civil War , was born on February 18, 1821, in Russellville, Kentucky, the son of Joseph R. and Sarah D. (Smith) Terry and the older brother of David Smith Terry . His grandfathers, Nathaniel Terry and David Smith, had been officers in the Revolutionary War, and the latter also served under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. While Terry was still a child his parents moved to Mississippi and separated. The 1830 census of Hinds County, Mississippi, enumerated the Terry household as Sarah Terry, five male children, and eight slaves. In 1833 or early 1834 Sarah Terry moved to Texas and settled with her brother, Maj. Benjamin Fort Smith , in Brazoria County. Sarah Terry died a few years later; in 1837 her brother was appointed guardian of the children and administrator of her estate, which consisted of over 2,000 acres of land fronting the Brazos River and eighteen slaves. Ben F. Smith then died in 1841, and young Frank Terry assumed responsibility for managing the family plantation. On October 12, 1841, Terry married Mary Bingham, daughter of Francis Bingham , one of Stephen F. Austin 's Old Three Hundred colonists in Texas. The couple had three sons and three daughters. On March 6, 1844, the Houston Telegraph reported that two insurgent slaves attacked Terry on his plantation with knives and axes, but "with admirable courage" he defended himself and managed to disable both men. Terry formed a partnership with William J. Kyle , and in 1851 they were awarded a contract to construct the first railroad in Texas, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway, from Harrisburg, a small hamlet five miles from Houston, to the Brazos River and beyond to Richmond. Terry and Kyle used slave labor in the construction, which cost $18,400 per mile, but it was not until January 1856 that the tracks reached the Brazos some thirty miles from Harrisburg. Due to the railroad, however, a brisk trade began to move to Harrisburg. Houston was not to be outdone and received authorization from the state to finance a railroad and approval from its taxpayers to build the Houston Tap, as it was called, to connect with the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway at a point eight miles from Harrisburg. Terry and Kyle were also awarded the contract to build the Houston Tap. Terry had also purchased the Oakland sugar plantation in Fort Bend County in 1852 and became a prosperous sugar planter. In 1860 he and Kyle had real and personal property worth almost $300,000. By reason of his wealth, large physical size, and popularity, Frank Terry became a leader in Fort Bend County, and on January 9, 1861, he was elected a delegate to the Secession Convention in Austin. Terry and two fellow delegates, Thomas S. Lubbock and John A. Wharton , conceived the idea of organizing at least one company of Texas cavalrymen for the new government. In February and March of 1861 Terry was one of the senior officers aiding John Salmon Ford and Ebenezar B. Nichols in the campaign to disarm the federal troops at Brazos Santiago. In June 1861 Terry, Lubbock, Wharton, and perhaps as many as fifty other Texans sailed from Galveston to New Orleans and then caught the train to Richmond to offer their services to the Confederate Army. In Richmond Terry and Lubbock secured positions as volunteer aides to Gen. James Longstreet. Both men were appointed colonel, a term attached as a courtesy for their volunteer service, and participated with distinction in the battle of First Manassas or Bull Run. Afterward, the Confederate War Department granted the authority to organize a cavalry regiment. At Houston on August 12, 1861, Terry and Lubbock issued a call for volunteers that was answered by 1,170 men. The rangers were sworn into service in September, but Terry delayed their final organization until late November, when they were officially designated the Eighth Texas Cavalry.

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Things to Do in Rosenberg

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Trio of Jumping Cows

A trio of multicolored fiberglass steers mounted to look like they are leaping skyward and salvaged from the 2001 CowParade Houston charity event now rises…

Sports in Rosenberg

⭐ HOMETOWN LEGENDS Class 5A · Football

Lamar Cons Mustangs — Lamar Cons — a college & pro athletic pipeline

6 alumni who reached major-college or pro sports

Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg, Texas, has a proud tradition of athletic alumni who have gone on to achieve success in major college and professional sports. The Mustangs have sent several talented individuals to the highest levels of competition, showcasing the strong foundation built within their athletic programs. These former students represent a diverse range of sports and roles, from the gridiron to the executive suite.

Among the notable names are Donald Hollas, a former NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals and Oakland Raiders, and Earnest Jackson, an NFL running back for the San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Pittsburgh Steelers. Bobby Jancik played as an NFL cornerback for the Houston Oilers. More recently, Jacquizz Rodgers played as a running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, while James Rodgers was a wide receiver for CFL's Montreal Alouettes. Jimmie Lee Solomon served as Major League Baseball Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations.

Pro/D1 alumni
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Class
5A
Founded
1949
Key Players
  • Donald Hollas — former NFL quarterback for Cincinnati Bengals and Oakland Raiders
  • Earnest Jackson — 2-time Pro Bowl (1984, 1986) NFL running back for San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles
  • Bobby Jancik — former NFL cornerback for the Houston Oilers
  • Jacquizz Rodgers — running back for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • James Rodgers — wide receiver for CFL's Montreal Alouettes
  • Jimmie Lee Solomon — Major League Baseball Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations 2005-2010
The moment

Earnest Jackson was an NFL running back for the San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Pittsburgh Steelers.

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