Generations of Texas history, commerce and entrepreneurship encapsulate Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site, which tells the stories of the many families, both enslaved and free, who worked to build Texas. Over its 134-year history, the site hosted sugarcane production, cattle ranching, and oil drilling as it transitioned through the ownership of the Varners, the Pattons and the Hoggs.
Digitally Mapping Varner-Hogg Plantation
Explore the rich history of the Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site through an interactive storytelling map. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7cbd1b6875454688b0f4f0d1a40f2f99
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December 16
Candlelight Christmas
Step back in time and tour the plantation house decorated in the style of a mid-1800s Christmas. See the feather tree, learn about toys popular for gift giving during the period, and view the dining room table set for a sumptuous holiday feast....
From the THC Blog
By Reece Black, Archeology Lab Technician, Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site
Stoneware ginger beer bottle fragments are recovered from archeological sites across the world. Sites in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and the United States have produced many specimens. Here in Brazoria County, we find these artifacts at former plantations and 19th-century townsites. This...
On June 19, 1865, Union troops in Texas began to enforce the end of slavery following the Civil War. Approximately 250,000 enslaved Black Texans had new legal status.
Among these were people who had been enslaved at Varner-Hogg Plantation in West Columbia and Levi Jordan Plantation in Brazoria, both of which are now THC state historic sites. In this...
By William Polley, Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site Educator
Since Texas’ colonization, people of African descent have been contributing to the state and its history. With their arrival in Texas as early as 1528, African Americans—whether enslaved or free—were instrumental in settling Spanish Texas.
When Texas was part of New Spain, enslaved African...
