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Texas Avenue in New Town
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Guarantee State Bank was the first substantial building on Texas Avenue in Goose Creek, also called New Town. The Goose Creek Realty Company, owned by Ross Sterling, offered free lots to businessmen. Goose Creek, with its brick business district, soon became the place to live.
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History of Baytown, pg. 96; Baytown Historical Museum
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