Lake Creek Settlement Marker Dedication Ceremony

Montgomery, Texas

February 25, 2017

The official Texas Historical Commission marker dedication ceremony for the once forgotten Lake Creek Settlement was held on February 25, 2017. The memory of earliest Anglo-American settlement in what became Montgomery County, Texas is preserved for future generations.

Historical societies, groups and other organizations were well represented during the Lake Creek Settlement marker dedication ceremony including, the Montgomery Historical Society, Montgomery County Historical Commission, Sons of the Republic of Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Children of the Republic of Texas, Children of the American Revolution, the Texas Army, and Rolling Thunder and its Cannon Crew.

Below are some of the photos taken by Pat Spackey and Harry Kyle Searle III before during and after the ceremony. A very large crowd was in attendance to hear historians, dignitaries, bagpipes and black powder rifle salutes from the Texas Army.

Lake Creek Settlement Marker Remembering the Earliest Known Anglo-American Settlement in Montgomery County, Texas

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