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👉Friendly Reminder – we will be open this Friday from 9a-4p, and closed this Saturday! Stop by and say hi! 👋Sign-in at the Museum Office, in the Pomeroy House!

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

MEMORY MONDAY: ✅We had two ladies that grew up in Pasadena and graduated from Pasadena High School. Now, one of the ladies came from Scotland and the other from Cleveland, Texas. 👉In their high school days, they helped to restore and clean one of the houses as a history class project (when the house was at another location). During the tour, they saw paint can rings on the floor and they both knew that was the house that their high school history club worked on for a project!! What do you think about that Memory?😎😆 Too cool!

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

💗We had the honor of visiting with a local poet, Linda Johnson, at the museum! *𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮* She gave us a copy of the book poems, “In the Desert Sun”, published by the National Library of Poetry in 1994. This book includes her poem “The Pain Within” about her late husband that was selected for publication. Our new Docent gave her and her daughter a tour of the museum, and then we took this picture! Stop on by the museum and check out the book and other fun history!

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

We had 75 Kruse Elementary Pasadena ISD students, along with 5 teachers, come for a spring field trip and tour! We had a great time and we look forward to many more activities like this in the future!

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

Need something FREE to do over Spring Break⁉️ The Museum is open for visitors Tuesdays – Saturdays, from 9am-4pm. Visitors must sign-in at the office, in the Pomeroy House, before visiting any homes. If you prefer a guided tour, please make an appointment by calling us at 713-472-0565, or using our website (https://www.pasadenatx.gov/168/Museum), to schedule your appointment request!

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

❤️Gatherings around a dining room table still hold true as one of the best places to share meaningful conversations! This week, we were happy to provide our dining room table to board members of the Crown Hill Cemetery Association! ☑️ If you would like to discuss holding a meeting for your organization at the Museum, please fill out a request online at: https://www.pasadenatx.gov/168/Museum or call us at: 713-472-0565. We hope to share history with you soon!📖

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

We had a great tour today with the Pasadena Bay Area Junior Forum! If your group is interested in touring, contact us! We will see you soon!❤️

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

January is a memorable month in Pasadena History!⏳

This month marks the 122nd anniversary of the Spindletop (located in Beaumont, Texas). The Spindletop produced over 100,000 barrels of oil, gushed black gold for nine days, and continued producing oil for a few decades. This geyser was the most powerful of its time and one of the first along the Texas Gulf Coast. Oil production and refining play a major role in our Pasadena economy. When you come to the Heritage Park and Museum, you can see a water well drilling machine that was used by the McMasters and Pomeroy Drilling company. This company drilled over 2,000 water wells all over Texas.

The Museum is open for visitors Tuesdays – Saturdays, from 9am-4pm. Visitors must sign-in at the office, in the Pomeroy House, before visiting any homes. If you prefer a guided tour, please make an appointment by calling us at 713-472-0565, or using our website (https://www.pasadenatx.gov/168/Museum), to schedule your appointment request!

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

Museum Minute: 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖 in our Parks and Recreation Department. This Mercury capsule displayed in Pasadena is a mock up and was never used in flight.

March 11, 1978—The Parks & Recreation Department received a letter from the U.S. Government stating that the “full scale Mercury capsule with tower” is on indefinite loan to the City of Pasadena.

**Project Mercury became an official program of NASA on October 7, 1958.

**On May 15-16, 1963, Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., completed a 22-orbit mission of 34 ½ hours in Faith 7. This was a triumphant conclusion of the Project Mercury Program.

The Mercury Capsule Replica is an exact replica of the spacecraft flown by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. in the 1963 mission. It is a full-scale replica of the original capsule, with a tower, and is on indefinite loan to the City of Pasadena. It is displayed in the City of Pasadena’s Parks and Recreation Department and is a popular attraction for visitors. The replica serves to commemorate the first successful mission of the U.S. manned space program and to educate the public about the history of space exploration.

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

🎄This past weekend we held our first “Christmas with Santa” event at the Museum! We were honored to spend the afternoon with those that have visited the museum, as well as some very special people — Pomeroy & Parks family descendants! Additionally, attendees were able to:🏘️ wander through the historical homes, eat lunch & Christmas cookies 🍪donated by Savannah Bakery, ☕enjoy hot chocolate/coffee donated by Doctor’s Choice Healthcare & Hospice, 🎅take a picture with Santa, and❣️view the lovely yard decorations donated by the Lawn Stylist. We are thankful to have had many other special attendees at the event, as well as extra help from members of the Pasadena Historical Society! 🎀We look forward to having more programs like this in the future to celebrate the great history, and history makers, of Pasadena!

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

On March 9, 1931, the 12-car, crude oil burning twin engine Tex Dreyfuss ferry was launched.

The Museum is open for visitors Tuesdays – Saturdays, from 9am-4pm. Visitors must sign-in at the office, in the Pomeroy House, before visiting any homes. If you prefer a guided tour, please make an appointment by calling us at 713-472-0565, or using our website (www.pasadenatx.gov/museum), to schedule your appointment request! ✅

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙯 𝙙𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙖, 𝙏𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙨? When you tour the Heritage Park and Museum, we will give you the directions to view the actual Historical Marker here in Pasadena!

The Battle of San Jacinto was the ending of Mexico’s control of the northern province of Tejas y Coahuila and the birth of the Republic of Texas. The battle lasted only 18 minutes. Starting around 4 p.m. in the afternoon.

General Sam Houston and the Texas Army led a surprise charge and defeated Mexican President and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and his Army of Operations on April 21, 1836. During the 18 minutes, General Houston was struck by a bullet in his left ankle. This enabled Santa Anna to disappear.

General Sam Houston ordered a search of the surrounding area to locate any Mexican soldiers who escaped. The day after the battle, Joseph D. Vermillion, Alfred H. Miles, and David Cole found a Mexican private hiding in the tall grass near Vince’s Bayou.

As these men took their captive soldier back to the Texan camp; the captured Mexican soldiers that were held in a makeshift stockade, stood to attention while others cried “El Presidente!”

Santa Anna was presented to Sam Houston and the members of the Texas Army urged him to exact revenge on the Mexican President for his acts committed against Texans at the Battle of Goliad and the Battle of the Alamo. General Sam Houston spared Santa Anna’s life and Santa Anna wrote an order commanding all
Mexican armies to return to Mexico effective immediately.

As the days progressed, officials from Mexico the new Republic of Texas negotiated the Treaty of Veloso. Texas soldiers took Santa Anna to Velasco so he could sign the treaty which recognized the independence of Texas. Texas officials then sent Santa Anna back to Mexico via the United States.

Come learn all of this any time from Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If you would prefer a tour, please call 713-472-0465 to schedule or submit your tour request online at: https://www.pasadenatx.gov/168/Museum

Photo Credit un-secure: www.harriscountyhistoricalmarkers.com

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

2️⃣➕2️⃣ = 4️⃣….am I right?
Mr. John Pomeroy opened the McMasters and Pomeroy Water Drilling Company in 1912 with his brother-in-law Mr. Clyde McMasters. Their company was responsible for drilling over 2000 water wells in Pasadena, and all over Texas.

During your tour of the Pomeroy house, sitting on the roll top desk of John Pomeroy, you will see an adding machine from the 1940’s!

The Museum is open Tuesdays – Saturdays, from 9am-4pm. Visitors must sign-in at the office, in the Pomeroy House, before visiting any homes. If you prefer a guided tour, please make an appointment by calling us at 713-472-0565, or using our website (https://www.pasadenatx.gov/168/Museum), to schedule your request! ✅

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City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

🍁IT’S FALL, Y’ALL — and you ARE invited! 🍂Drop by during business hours and search for everything FALL in our 4️⃣ Historic homes – it’s FREE! Visitors must sign-in at the office, in the Pomeroy House, before visiting any homes. If you prefer a guided tour, please make an appointment by calling us at 713-472-0565, or using our website (https://www.pasadenatx.gov/168/Museum), to schedule your request! ✅ The Museum is open Tuesdays – Saturdays, from 9am-4pm.

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

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City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

Come on by during business hours and see “𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩” 🍓along with other items from the 1900s. Visitors must sign in with the Museum Specialist, at the office in the Pomeroy House, before visiting any homes. If you prefer a guided tour, please make an appointment by calling us at 713-472-0565, or using our website (https://www.pasadenatx.gov/168/Museum), to schedule your request!

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩: 🍓
𝟙𝟡𝟘𝟞: Will Parks married Leora Gartney & started growing their family.
𝟙𝟡𝟙𝟝: Will had built Leora a two room house and their children were old enough to help with the family business of picking strawberries.
𝟚𝟘𝟘𝟚: The family home was moved to the Pasadena Heritage Park
and Museum.

With each successful strawberry harvest, the two would expanded on the size of their home. They added a kitchen on the back of the house, then built a second story with two bedrooms, and finally a room off of the kitchen. Their home was located on Eleventh Street, which is now Harris Street, but back then it was known as Strawberry Lane.

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum

📲Too busy to call? No problem! Request your FREE Museum tour online! Visit our website at: www.pasadenatx.gov/museum

City of Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum