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Waltus L. Watkins established the 80-acre livestock farm he called Bethany Plantation in 1839. [8] Watkins Mill was built in 1859-1860. Watkins built housing for the mill workers nearby, creating one of the first planned communities in North America. The community was effectively self-sufficient, the mill producing yarn and wool cloth.
Watkins is situated near Farm to Market Road 47 and is south of Texas State Highway 243. Its school enrolled 75 students in 1905, and was consolidated by Canton Independent School District in 1952. [2]
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The Texas Open Beaches Act is a U.S. state of Texas law, passed in 1959 and amended in 1991, which guarantees free public access to beaches on the Gulf of Mexico: . The public... shall have the free and unrestricted right of ingress and egress to and from the state-owned beaches bordering on the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico... extending from the line of mean low tide to the line of ...
Watkins Mill Town Center, a proposed development in Gaithersburg, Maryland This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 17:55 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Magnolia Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 217. [2] It is located along the waterfront of Lavaca Bay, southeast of Alamo Beach. [3] The community is part of the Victoria, Texas Metropolitan ...
Being in South Texas, impacts from tropical cyclones are common in Riviera Beach. The community was heavily damaged by the 1916 Texas hurricane, which produced 90 mph (140 km/h) winds in the area. [5] Tropical storm-force winds were reported as a result of Hurricane Celia in 1970. [6] The eye of Hurricane Bret in 1999 passed south of Riviera ...
Horseshoe Bay is a city in Llano and Burnet counties in the U.S. state of Texas.. Situated on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and the south branch of the Colorado River, it is known in the region for its golf courses, hotel and resort, and water sports.