Lambe Travels: LSAC - Cut N Shoot

The very first thing we found on our day of exploration was the place that our daughter and son-in-law met. We never knew where it was before.

We found a sign that said "Candy Cane Park" and another that said "Heritage Museum". We decided to explore and this is what we found. The city of Conroe has a large section of town dedicated to fun stuff. These water slides are part of the aquatic center. Looks like fun, eh?

Then we discoverd a part of Conroe that we never knew existed. We've been by this place a hundred times and never saw it. It was quite an enlightening as to when, how and who developed Conroe.

This is the fountain in front of the museum. The truck is on I-45.

This house is actually the house in the picture below this one. They cut it in half, moved it and put it back together in this location.

We had a personlized tour with this delightful lady. She sure knows her history. She actually lived in Conroe in the 1950s so she is familiar with a lot of this stuff. When Montgomery county was new, the main source of income was from farming. You can't see it very well but there is a HUGE denim bag with a shoulder strap. It was for people picking cotton. By the time it was full, it weighed an astounding 100 pounds. Imagine lugging that around for a day.

Dr Stewart was the local "chemist". Check out all the modern equipment.

All the tools of the local trade are on display.

Nice kitty!!!!

Guess we know where the old printing material is.

This is the general store where they let young children actually play. It has money in the cash register so it is really realistic for them.

This is Mr Conroe. In the late 1800's, he came to the area and found that it had an abundance of trees. He moved his family down here, from Chicago, and his wife put her foot down and said she would NOT live where there was no social life. They settled in Houston but his business was in Conroe Switch. (as it as clled then) It seems he was one of the first commuters because he took a train from Houston to Conroe to carry on his business. At the end of the day that same train took him back to Houston.