Sealy, Texas

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History of Sealy

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Sealy is a town where the past feels close, almost tangible. You can feel it in the brick buildings downtown, rebuilt after that terrible fire in 1913. It's in the fields stretching out toward the San Bernard River, fields that still yield rice and cotton like they have for generations. Maybe it's even in the whispers about a buried treasure somewhere along that riverbank, a local legend that never quite fades away. But the past also lives in the stories of people who walked these streets.

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Sealy sits where it does because of the railroad, plain and simple. George Sealy, a Galveston mover and shaker in the rail business, lent his name and ensured the town's place on the map. Now, Interstate 10 barrels right through, connecting us to the sprawl of Houston and the history of San Antonio. That easy access brings folks passing through, some stopping to stretch their legs and grab a bite, maybe even hear a story or two about Bonnie and Clyde's supposed visit to the local bank. But what keeps Sealy, Sealy? It’s the land. This is rice and cotton country, deep in the heart of the old agricultural belt. Drive a few miles in any direction and you’ll see it. That connection to the land, to a slower pace, it seeps into everything. Plus, there’s a certain richness here you can’t manufacture. And if you listen closely, some say you can still hear echoes of his music mingling with the whispers of that treasure buried somewhere near the San Bernard River. That's the real draw, the promise of something genuine just beneath the surface.

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Sealy is a town where the past whispers in the cotton fields and hums along with the traffic on I-10. Named for a railroad man from Galveston, its heart was really built by the Czech and German immigrants who tilled the rich soil around the San Bernard. You can still hear echoes of their heritage if you listen closely. While the Czech and German languages aren't commonly spoken anymore, their influence is woven into the town's fabric. That influence is most evident in the food. You'll find kolaches and sausage at the local bakeries, a testament to the enduring culinary traditions. The simple, sturdy architecture of some of the older homes and buildings, the ones that survived the devastating fire of 1913, hints at the practical sensibilities of those early settlers. Even the local legends, like the one about Bonnie and Clyde robbing the bank or the buried treasure near the river, add to the feeling of a place with deep roots. Sealy, despite the modern world rushing through, still holds onto its comforting, historically rich feeling, a quiet reminder of the people who built it.

Littlefield, A. C.

1951

A. C. Littlefield, gospel singer, was born on January 16, 1925, in Sealy, Texas. He was the son of Willie and Georgia Littlefield. The family moved to Austin in 1938. During World War II , Littlefield was drafted into the United States Army in 1943 and served honorably until his discharge in 1945. He married Johnnie Mae Sorrells in 1947. They had one son, but he died in infancy. Littlefield, a faithful member of the Baptist Church , was a talented singer. In the late 1940s he became a lead singer of an East Austin group known as the Starlight Singers. The members included A. C., his brother Ester Littlefield, Vernon Manor, Ed Demmon, and A. D. Watson. By 1951 the group had changed its name to the Bells of Joy and recorded on Don Robey’s Peacock label in Houston. Their release “Let’s Talk About Jesus,” which featured A. C. Littlefield as the lead singer, became a hit on the R&B Billboard charts. Propelled by Littlefield’s booming voice, the record sold a million copies—the most ever sold up to that time by a black gospel group. Many offers were extended to the Bells of Joy to switch to the mainstream rhythm-and-blues market, but they opted instead to stay true to their roots and remain in gospel. The Bells of Joy continued to perform for decades. They made a television commercial for Blue Bell Ice Cream in 1986. In 1991 the group performed at the Texas Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. They filmed a video with singer Willie Nelson in 1995 and released a CD, The Second Time Around, in 1999. In addition to his performing, Littlefield worked at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin for approximately twenty years. He also served as a foster grandfather to students at Andrews Elementary School in Austin. He was very active in the Mount Olive Baptist Church and was chairman of the deacons and a soloist in the Chapel Choir. Littlefield died in Austin on January 22, 1999. He was buried at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Cemetery in Austin. He was survived by his wife of more than fifty years. He was inducted into the Austin Music Memorial in 2013.

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Kuykendall, Abner

1821

Abner Kuykendall, Austin Colony pioneer, son of Adam and Margaret (Hardin) Kuykendall, was probably born in Rutherford County, North Carolina in 1777. The family was in Logan County, Kentucky, by 1792 and moved on to the Arkansas territory about 1808. Abner married Sarah (Sally) Gates. The number of their children has been reported variously as nine and twelve. With his brothers, Abner left Arkansas Territory for Texas in October 1821, probably in company with his father-in-law, William Gates . At Nacogdoches they were joined by another brother, Robert H. Kuykendall, Sr. , and the three brothers were among the first of Stephen F. Austin 's Old Three Hundred colonists. Abner commanded the militia of Austin's colony. Robert and a brother, Joseph, settled near the later site of Columbus on the Colorado River, but Abner and Thomas Boatwright moved ten miles west of the Brazos and on January 1, 1822, established a settlement on New Year Creek. Sarah Gates died about 1823. Abner never remarried. In November 1823 Abner Kuykendall moved back to the Brazos and settled about eight miles above San Felipe. He received title to 1½ leagues and two labores of land now in Fort Bend, Washington, and Austin counties on July 4, 1824. The census of March 1826 classified him as a stock raiser and farmer, a widower aged over fifty. A grown son, Barzillai Kuykendall , was another of the Old Three Hundred. In July 1824 and May 1826 Kuykendall went on campaigns against the Karankawa, Waco, and Tawakoni Indians. In 1827 he was sent by Austin as a member of a delegation to try to persuade leaders of the Fredonian Rebellion to give up their plans. During the rebellion he was detailed by Austin to patrol the Old San Antonio Road to watch for possible Indian invasions. In 1829 he led a scouting expedition from the Brazos to the mouth of the San Saba River. In 1830 he went to Tenoxtitlán to confer with Mexican authorities about Waco depredations and in the same year served on a committee at San Felipe to superintend the building of a jail. He was a public official at San Felipe in February 1832 and at the time of the Anahuac Disturbances led a party of from forty to sixty men to assist the Anahuac citizens. Kuykendall was stabbed at San Felipe in June 1834 by Joseph Clayton and died in late July. Clayton was convicted and hanged in what was probably the first legal execution in Texas. Abner Kuykendall's grave has never been found.

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San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site

1823

San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site is located just north of Interstate Highway 10 in the town of San Felipe (east of Sealy) in Austin County. The site sits on the west side of the Brazos River on Farm Road 1458 and includes much of the footprint of empresario Stephen F. Austin ’s headquarters for his colony in Mexican Texas . In the 1920s local civic leaders and preservationists began to memorialize the site of Austin’s town near an extant well that was constructed of handmade brick in the 1830s. Memorial elements, including a granite obelisk (1928); the well (encased in protective concrete in 1928); a replica cabin (first iteration—1934); a bronze memorial to Texan soldier John Bricker who died preventing Santa Anna ’s army from crossing the Brazos near this location (1935); and two Texas Centennial pieces—a gray granite marker noting the town hall that hosted early delegations at the town (1936); and a heroic bronze statue of Stephen F. Austin, seated on a pink granite plinth (1938); were staged prior to the donation of the site to the state of Texas by the Corporation of San Felipe in 1940. For more than sixty years the site, which was designated as a State Antiquities Landmark in 1983, was managed as part of the Texas parks system and within the supervision and boundaries of Stephen F. Austin State Park . On January 1, 2008, the Eightieth Texas Legislature officially transferred operational control of the site from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission . The transfer prompted the return to the site’s historic name of San Felipe de Austin to distinguish it from nearby Stephen F. Austin State Park, which remained under the control of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Visitors to the historic site can enjoy the memorial components, a third-generation replica log cabin (1976), an interim visitors center located inside the historic J. J. Josey store building (ca. late 1840s), and tours of the historic grounds. As of 2016 San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site consisted of approximately ninety acres, and a modern museum facility was in development with an anticipated opening date in 2018.

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San Felipe de Austin

1823

Founded by Stephen F. Austin in 1823 as the capital of Anglo-American colonization in Mexican Texas. Served as the political and social center of the colonies.

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San Felipe Town Hall

1828

Successor to 1828 hall used by "Ayuntamiento" (town council). Conventions of 1832, 1833, and Consultation of 1835 -- leading to Texas Revolution -- met there. Burned during Revolution in 1836. Two story section of present structure was built about 1842 and may have served as county courthouse until 1847. It was joined to a one story school after 1900; moved to this site, 1915. By old custom, council meets each Saturday before full moon. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970

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On This Site Stood the Only Home Owned in Texas by Stephen F. Austin

1836

On this site stood the only home owned in Texas by Stephen F. Austin. It was burned, March 29, 1836, when San Felipe was set afire by Texans to prevent its falling into the hands of the advancing Mexican army under General Santa Anna.

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