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Images of America: Texas

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By Jan Dobbs Barton, Theresa Jach, Douglas Lee Braudaway, and more

Settlers coming to the Katy area in the mid-1800s found a cane-filled creek on the vast coastal prairie. The area became known as Cane Island. When the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Railroad laid tracks in the 1890s, a stop 30 miles west of Houston was needed to refill the water tanks on steam engines. Land agents were hired to find residents for a town, and in 1896, that town was named Katy. Early residents were farmers and ranchers, and businesses opened to support a growing community. By the mid-1900s, rice farming dominated thousands of acres. The crops brought migrating birds, and hunting became a second industry. Now known as one of the fastest growing and most desirable locations in the nation, Katy's roots are firmly planted in an area with rich history and a growing population that is working hard to preserve it.

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Carol Adams

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Carol Adams has over three decades experience with historic preservation and heritage research. She has worked with the Katy Heritage Society as president and executive director, overseeing the acquisition of historic structures and the creation of Katy Heritage Park. For her work in the field of historic preservation she received the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance Good Brick Award in 1992 and 2006, and the NSDAR: Preservation Medal of Honor in 2007. Carol actively supports the Katy community as conductor of the ALL ABOARD KATY!, public art project, as a member and board member of many organizations and was elected to Katy City Council in 2008. Carol has published over seventy articles relating to Katy history and based this book on those articles, extensive research, personal interviews, oral histories and written records. A native of Houston, Carol has lived in Katy with her husband Hill since 1992. They have two children, Anne and Robert.