Churchill Fulshear LbNA #77099
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Add Location| Owner: | Baby Bear
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| Plant date: | Oct 11, 2024 |
| Location: | Fulshear Cemetery |
| City: | Fulshear |
| County: | Fort Bend |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Last edited: | Oct 11, 2024 |
Difficulty: Easy
Distance to Letterbox: 25 yards
Box is placed in Fulshear Cemetery, a nice old cemetery to explore. The box is named for Churchill Fulshear (whom the town is know for). Here is his story:
Fulshear, Churchill, Jr. (1808–1892).Churchill Fulshear (Fulchur), Jr., early Texas scout, the son of Churchill Fulshear, was born in Tennessee on July 10, 1808. He came to Texas with his family before July 1824 and lived at the family plantation on the Brazos River. He and his brothers, Graves and Benjamin Fulshear, were on scout duty when Antonio López de Santa Anna's army crossed the river near the plantation on April 14, 1836. On April 19 Fulshear was sent with James Wells and Washington H. Secrest to watch the movements of Martín Perfecto de Cos. At Stafford's Point the three scouts encountered the Mexicans and became separated.
After the Texas Revolution Fulshear married Minerva Cartwright, daughter of Jesse H. Cartwright. They became parents of five children. In 1840 Fulshear held title to 5,904 acres in Gonzales County with another 865 acres not yet surveyed. From 1850 to 1870, after his father and brothers had all died, he operated a race course called Churchill Downs on the family plantation in Fort Bend County. His property was valued at between $10,000 and $20,000 in 1856. He was a member of the Texas Veterans Association in 1874. He died in 1892.
Directions:
From I-10, go south on Hwy 359 for about 7 miles. Turn right on Wallis Street, and go to entry on right to cemetery. Turn in and go to "V" split, and go right then park on right by fence.
To the Letterbox:
Walk to right to tallest tombstone for "Whitaker". Look toward fence and see tombstone for "Gillard". From there, go right past headstone for Cox and on to next plot for 2 stones for "Wade". From Stuart Wade stone, see tree behind it and to the right. Box is on back side base under sticks.
Distance to Letterbox: 25 yards
Box is placed in Fulshear Cemetery, a nice old cemetery to explore. The box is named for Churchill Fulshear (whom the town is know for). Here is his story:
Fulshear, Churchill, Jr. (1808–1892).Churchill Fulshear (Fulchur), Jr., early Texas scout, the son of Churchill Fulshear, was born in Tennessee on July 10, 1808. He came to Texas with his family before July 1824 and lived at the family plantation on the Brazos River. He and his brothers, Graves and Benjamin Fulshear, were on scout duty when Antonio López de Santa Anna's army crossed the river near the plantation on April 14, 1836. On April 19 Fulshear was sent with James Wells and Washington H. Secrest to watch the movements of Martín Perfecto de Cos. At Stafford's Point the three scouts encountered the Mexicans and became separated.
After the Texas Revolution Fulshear married Minerva Cartwright, daughter of Jesse H. Cartwright. They became parents of five children. In 1840 Fulshear held title to 5,904 acres in Gonzales County with another 865 acres not yet surveyed. From 1850 to 1870, after his father and brothers had all died, he operated a race course called Churchill Downs on the family plantation in Fort Bend County. His property was valued at between $10,000 and $20,000 in 1856. He was a member of the Texas Veterans Association in 1874. He died in 1892.
Directions:
From I-10, go south on Hwy 359 for about 7 miles. Turn right on Wallis Street, and go to entry on right to cemetery. Turn in and go to "V" split, and go right then park on right by fence.
To the Letterbox:
Walk to right to tallest tombstone for "Whitaker". Look toward fence and see tombstone for "Gillard". From there, go right past headstone for Cox and on to next plot for 2 stones for "Wade". From Stuart Wade stone, see tree behind it and to the right. Box is on back side base under sticks.