History
BY AUBREY VOGEL
Churchill Fulshear, Jr., the founder’s son, ran a race horse track for a number of years in the area.
Though many areas in downtown Fulshear were destroyed in historic fires in 1910, there are still a few historic buildings around today, including the Fulshear Historic Switch House and Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church.
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Fulshear celebrates farming roots with bicentennial The city of Fulshear sparked as an agricultural and railroad community and is now celebrating its bicentennial year, marking a milestone for the growing community. How it started o ce, school and church. What to expect To memorialize the 200-year milestone, Fulshear Mayor Aaron Gro said the community will have a
The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway led to the growth of Fulshear, o cials said.
celebration March 23 at Fulshear High School. Throughout the year, McAdoo said the Fulshear Historical Association is making a big push to uncover more about the history of Fulshear and those who made the community what it is today. “We know that Texas history is being taught in schools and that this is sort of a hand-in-hand component to Texas history for our students, but a lot of them don’t get the local knowledge,” she said. The association will also host an event July 13 to commemorate the original land grant.
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Fulshear was established on July 16, 1824, with a Mexican land grant to Churchill Fulshear Sr.—one of the “Old Three Hundred,” Fulshear Historical Association President Heather McAdoo said. Agriculture was the driving industry in Fulshear, with primary crops including cotton and pecan orchards, McAdoo said. In 1888, Churchill Fulshear Jr., the founder’s son, gave permission for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway to come in, bringing with it a post
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