Texas Tea
Hogg bought the plantation after a slew of random people owned it for a while after Patton. This was the Hogg family swimming hole. It was fed by a spring. My thoughts...a giant mosquito breeding ground.
No longer used as a sugar plantation (The huricane of 1900 destroyed the slave cabins and the sugar mill. Although slavery had been abolished for a while at this point.) Hogg decided this was the place to find oil. Unfortunately he never found any, but he told his kids to never get rid of the land because someday it would prove to be profitable. Low and behold the man was right. The Hogg family struck black gold. Ima Hogg, the daughter who took over the estate, didn't have any children so she gave the plantation to the state of Texas.
No longer used as a sugar plantation (The huricane of 1900 destroyed the slave cabins and the sugar mill. Although slavery had been abolished for a while at this point.) Hogg decided this was the place to find oil. Unfortunately he never found any, but he told his kids to never get rid of the land because someday it would prove to be profitable. Low and behold the man was right. The Hogg family struck black gold. Ima Hogg, the daughter who took over the estate, didn't have any children so she gave the plantation to the state of Texas."Didn't she have any nieces or nephews to leave it to?" you might be asking. That's a great question. I asked our guide. Apparently their family had a history of TB. Thinking that this was genetic she and her three brothers never married for fear of having a family and passing on the disease.
Relaxing before our house tour.