I know if they didn't reserve the oil rights the descendants were "sick". Lucy ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne W O'Brien To: DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:51 PM Subject: [DANIEL-L] Re: Lamar-DANIEL-D Digest V03 #488 Lucy: Lamar High School in Houston was probably named for him. Richmond is 15 miles southwest of Houston, on a bend of the Brazos River (thus, the name of the county, Fort Bend), and one of the first couple of residents there was Mirabeau B. Lamar whose plantation is now completely within the city limits. Railroads went in there, cattle shipped to KS, cotton was King, and by 1934 there were eight producing oil fields within an 8-mile radius. Makes you wonder how many of the descendants of those early settlers thought to retain the mineral rights when they sold their land??? There is also a Lamar County, formed in 1840, way up in Northeast Texas on the Red River, but no records I have seen so far mention where it got its name. Anne ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== Going on Vacation for longer than 5 days? Please unsubscribe Click on the following link and your message is ready to send Mail Mode: mailto:DANIEL-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe or- Digest Mode: mailto:DANIEL-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe