03283cam a2200265 4500 758482710 TxAuBib 20060323120000.0 990302s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 99179382 (OCoLC)41278571 DLC DLC TxGR TxAuBib Thomas, Jean Hurt, 1919-1986. Settlements on the prairie [Book] : a history of the Alta Loma, Santa Fe, Arcadia and Algoa communities, 1830-1985 / by Jean Hurt Thomas. Santa Fe, Tex. (12026 25th St., Santa Fe 77510) : Gary Thomas, 1998. ix, 240 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references. CITIES : Alta Loma, Texas -- Santa Fe, Texas -- Arcadia, Texas -- Algoa, Texas -- BUSINESSES : Sugar Bowl Cafe -- Alta Loma Cafe -- Busy Bee Cafe -- Inez Florist -- DOCTORS : Herbert Frank Saunders -- PEOPLE : John Henry Hurt -- John David, Sr. -- Ilko Dyda -- Isaac Ernest Johnson -- Riley Harlan Lefevers -- Jim Wood -- William Manthei -- Nelson families -- Horton Sayko -- Robert Thompson, Sr. -- Tombrella family -- Fulton Franklin Sumrall -- SCHOOLS : Alta Loma School -- Santa Fe Schools -- Arcadia School -- Algoa School -- LIBRARY : Santa Fe Community Library -- POST OFFICES : Alta Loma Post Office -- Arcadia Post Office -- Algoa Post Office -- COMMUNITY SERVICES : Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Plant Lice Laboratory -- Galveston Waterwork's Water Supply -- Galveston County Water Control & Improvement District, -- Santa Fe Police Department -- Alta Loma Volunteer Fire Department --Arcadia Volunteer Fire Department -- Algoa Volunteer Fire Department -- CEMETERY : Alta Loma Cemetery -- ORGANIZATIONS : Alta Loma Home Demonstration Club -- Santa Fe Home Demonstration Club -- Arcadia Home Demonstration Club -- Algoa Home Demonstration Club -- Community Garden Club -- Santa Fe Area Gardens -- 4-H Clubs in the Santa Fe Area -- Santa Fe Area Historical Foundation Inc. -- Fraternal Order of Eagles #3789, Santa Fe, Texas -- CHURCHES : All Saint's Episcopal Church, The Chapel of the Holy Saint's Episcopal Church -- Alta Loma Methodist Church -- Alta Loma Church of Christ -- The Roman Catholic Church in Alta Loma, Texas -- Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church -- St. John's Lutheran Church, Alta Loma, Texas -- First Baptist Church of Alta Loma -- House of Prayer Church, Arcadia, Texas -- Faith Chapel Church -- Faith Community Church, Alta Loma, Texas -- First Pentecostal Church of Alta Loma, Texas -- Santa Fe Baptist Church -- Santa Fe Family Worship Center -- Aldersgate United Methodist Church -- Arcadia Assembly of God Church -- Arcadia Christian Church -- Arcadia Methodist Episcopal Church, Arcadia, Texas --First Baptist Church, Arcadia, Texas -- The Church at Algoa, Texas -- Midway Church of Christ -- The Roman Catholic Church in Hitchcock, Texas. 20060323. Algoa (Tex) History. Arcadia (Tex) History. Santa Fe (Tex) History. Santa Fe Region (Tex) History. RV8