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(Oct. 10, 1840 -- Dec. 4, 1930) In 1855 Augustus "Gus" LeGory came to Texas from Mississippi. After serving in the Civil War, he returned to the area and worked with a Trinity River steamboat company. He later developed his own overland and river freight hauling enterprise and in 1870 opened a Crockett saloon. A community promoter, LeGory engaged in banking, coal production, and agriculture. He married Eliza Wortham in 1875 and they had six children. Recorded - 1980
Augustus "Gus" LeGory is a historical marker in Crockett, Houston County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 185 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.3221, -95.4605 near Crockett. The nearest cataloged historic site is Frank Mulder Gossett (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Col. Steward Alexander Miller, Harry Frederick Moore, and William Van McConnell.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225007923. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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