Archeological dig near Hempstead provides clues to Texas history - 12/11/09 - Houston News - abc13.com: "Archeologists are working at a unique site just outside of Hempstead. The Bernardo Plantation once served as a staging area for General Sam Houston.
Just 50 miles north of Houston there is a place where history is being uncovered.
Jim Bruseth with the Texas Historical Commission explained, 'This is the beginning of the plantation system in Texas.'
A piece of Texas past being seen for the first time in 200 years, it's called Bernardo, a plantation established in 1822 by Jared Groce, one of 'the old three hundred' settlers of Stephen F. Austin's colony. His property at the time was the largest plantation in Texas and would become the staging ground for General Sam Houston's troops before the battle of San Jacinto."
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