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It’s The Midnight Special
There are a couple of things that bring that song to mind for me. One is the trains you can hear running on the Southern Pacific tracks along Highway 90. The other is that old brick building on University Boulevard … Continue reading
Posted in Fort Bend County History, Sugar Land
Tagged Central Unit Prison Farm, Convict Lease Program, Edward Cunningham, Ellis Plantation, Highway 90, Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land, Huddie Ledbetter, Imperial Prison Farm, Jester Unit, Lead Belly, Littleberry Ellis, Midnight Special, New Territory, Southern Pacific Railroad, State of Texas, Telfair, Texas Prison Farm
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