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Thelma Smith Bowie, Commissioner-at-Large for Texas City, Texas, describes moving from Temple, Texas to Texas City - La Marque, in 1957, and how living at 122 Lake Road “was the best place to be in the whole wide world”. She shares stories about her…

Vera Bell Gary grew up in the West Texas City / La Marque area in an area known as the 1867 Settlement and is 96 years old at the time of this interview. She is a descendent of the Bell family, one of three families of freed slaves who settled in…

Vera Bell Gary talks about graduating Prairie View A & M University with a degree in Home Economics in 1946. She tells how blessed she felt that her first job was with Lincoln High School, an all-Black school in her hometown of La Marque Texas. She…