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Blessing, Texas

Blessing, Texas. Ethan E. Evens Tidehaven High School Shelley Anderson El Maton Matagorda County. Blessing was founded…. Established on property belonging to Jonathan Pierce . Early days…. Served as a rail road stop. At the junction of Highway 35 and FM 616.

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Blessing, Texas

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  1. Blessing, Texas Ethan E. Evens Tidehaven High School Shelley Anderson El Maton Matagorda County

  2. Blessing was founded…. • Established on property belonging to Jonathan Pierce.

  3. Early days…. • Served as a rail road stop • At the junction of Highway 35 and FM 616

  4. Famous places in Blessing • The Hotel, the Legion hall, the Rail station, the Elementary School, the Pierce mansion, Blessing Bank, Hawley’s Cemetery. Blessings First State Bank

  5. Blessing Hotel • Famous building in Blessing. • Built in 1906. Designed by Jules Carl Leffland (1854-1924)

  6. Legion Hall • Blessing Legion Hall.

  7. Pierce Mansion • Built in 1903. • Has been lived in since construction.

  8. Elementary School Started out as the Blessing High School.

  9. First State Bank • Blessing First State Bank • Jules Carl Leffland (1854-1924)

  10. Railroad Station • Former Blessing Railroad House

  11. Credits • Classroom picture archives. • Pictures taken by myself, Ethan E. Evens, our teacher, Mrs. Shelley Anderson, and classmates: Mark Ortiz, Alyssa Garay, Mason Ledwig, Abby Frick • Sound is from Iluvwavs.com

  12. References • http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmatago/bl_legion.jpg • http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGulfCoastTowns/Blessing-Texas.htm • http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmatago/blessing_info.htm • http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlb36 • http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmatago/leffland_buildings.htm

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