13 FEBRUARY 1952
FIRST SUGAR REFINERY IN TEXAS
SUGARLAND, TEXAS
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THE CENTER OF THE SUGAR
INDUSTRY FROM TEXAS COLONIAL
DAYS AND THE SITE OF THE
FIRST SUGAR REFINERY IN TEXAS
LOCATED BY S. M. WILLIAMS ON
LAND GRANTED TO HIM BY THE
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT.
MARKED BY
THE TEXAS SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS OF
THE AMERICAN COLONISTS
FEBRUARY 13, 1952
INDUSTRY FROM TEXAS COLONIAL
DAYS AND THE SITE OF THE
FIRST SUGAR REFINERY IN TEXAS
LOCATED BY S. M. WILLIAMS ON
LAND GRANTED TO HIM BY THE
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT.
MARKED BY
THE TEXAS SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS OF
THE AMERICAN COLONISTS
FEBRUARY 13, 1952
On February 13, 1952, the Texas Society erected another historical marker at a cost of $550. The red granite marker bearing a large bronze plaque, placed in Sugar Land on the grounds of the Imperial Sugar Refinery at the site of the first sugar refinery in Texas, was unveiled by Mrs. Frank Garland Trau in her capacity as National Vice President of the Southern Section and dedicated by the State Historian, Mrs. Mason Briscoe of Richmond, who presented a history of the sugar industry in Texas. The marker noted that the area was a center for sugar mills from 1822 until 1908. DAC members present received gifts of sugar products from the company and, later, bound copies of the dedication speeches were sent to Mrs. Edward Rowland Barrow, State Regent, and other officers of the Society.
Imperial Sugar Refinery – marker on right