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As somebody previously mentioned, the line along I-10 was used 'til about 1997. In the mid to late '90's, all the trains I saw passing through the Spring Branch area travelled at speeds of 10mph or less. I haven't seen it mentioned, but Eureka Yard still exists and is in use.... in fact it had some major track work and renovations in the last couple years. You can see it if you look west while travelling over the yard on the T.C. Jester overpass. The yard is used for storing cars for a couple of cement plant type industries nearby, and also apparently for staging switching operations on the line heading out Hempstead Hwy.

Abraham Lincoln viewed blacks as an inferior race, stated in a speech that he "doubted they were even human", and believed they should be resettled overseas to prevent them from mixing with the white race. Should we erase his name from all institutions as well? How about many of the nation's founding fathers, such as Thomas Jefferson, who owned slaves. I probably would've felt the same way as you back when I only had a third grade understanding of the civil war and the events leading up to it. But after much reading and research, you realize that the war wasn't about slavery, it was about much broader issues, but slavery was used as a wedge issue (politics never change) to garner support against the south. The Union leaders and generals were just as "racist" as the Confederate ones. If we start removing the names of every historic figure that supported slavery, opposed women voting, that was anti-semitic, that thought the red man should be eliminated, etc., believe me, there will be NO ONE LEFT. Not one. Society has changed drastically in the last 200 years, and NOBODY from that era is going to stand up to our 2009 social standards.

I also noticed the M.R. Wood school... not sure if it was torn down or just heavily refaced. When I was in school, it was the "alternative" school for Fort Bend ISD... where the bad guys went. And yes, it was the segregated school back in the day. That Mayfield Park area historically was the segregated neighborhood, dating back to the 1850's when the slave quarters of the Terry/Kyle plantation stood in the same location. 1. Yes, Lakeview elementary is what's left of Sugar Land HS... actually it was a K-12 school. The auditorium and gym buildings are all that's really left of the original complex that was built around WWI. It closed after Dulles HS was built around 1959. The original complex of buildings was pretty amazing.... I have many photos, will have to see if I can post. 2. Nope, no other old schools around that I know of. 3. Don't know about segregated areas of Stafford or Mo. City. Sugar Land's stands out because it was set up and built by the company town. 4. I think I know the house you're talking about, big 2 story turn of the century victorian next to Mo. City MS. Had heard what family built it at one time, but can't remember now. 5. I have a number of historic SL/Ft. Bend county photos, there was a coffee table book published in mid 80's called "Sugar Land Pictorial Tribute" or something, that clears up a lot of questions about the way things used to look. If I get brave enough, I'll try to upload some. Didn't know Sugar Land was ever "Sugarland" LOL, the people who named it made it two words from the beginning (1853?).