C. David Pomeroy is an attorney, author, and nationally recognized historian. He is a 4th generation of Pasadena. His father, Clyde Pomeroy, grandfather John E. Pomeroy, and his great-grand father Edward Payson Pomeroy were all founding members of our great city…Pasadena, Texas. The Pomeroy family donated the 1.66 acres of land to the City of Pasadena in 1986 located at 204 S. Main for the preservation of their heritage. This property is now the City of Pasadena Heritage Park and Museum. We are honored to have his research in the C. David Pomeroy Collection along with the Pomeroy Collection at the Museum. We want to share various correspondence and information not only at the Museum for display, but to feature some of his research and writing’s here on our Facebook page for our citizens and members to enjoy. We want to educate you on the founding families of our museum and our city. Enjoy!
Correspondence written by C. David Pomeroy on 5-27-1992 to a request to give a three-page paragraph on the history of Texas and Pasadena. Document taken from the Heritage Park and Museum C. David Pomeroy Collection dated 5-27-1992
Although the Pasadena area had been occupied by Indians for over ten thousand years, the first settlers as we know them arrived early in the 1820’s under the sponsorship of Stephen F. Austin. William Vince built a cabin on a league of land fronting the Buffalo Bayou. Santa Anna and Sam Houston travelled through the area on their way to the battlefield at San Jacinto. The Bridge over Vince’s Bayou was destroyed by Houston’s men to prevent reinforcements from reaching the Mexican Army, and to stop any escape from the pending battle. Generalisimo Santa Anna was captured by Texian troops near the destroyed bridge, and thus the Republic of Texas was guaranteed.
John H. Burnett of Galveston purchased Vince’s property sixty-four years later and with the help of Charles R. Munger and Cora Bacon Foster, laide out the community that became Pasadena. At the time the entire area was used for cattle grazing, especially for the Allen Ranch.
