Slavonish Settlement

About fourty or forth-two years ago, forty people of Slovonian birth came to Galveston, Texas on their way to Shepherd.  These people were brought under contract to engage in the stave business. which was quite extensively carried on for a short while in San Jacinto County.  The families of this group who have remained through the years are the Janes, the Trohas, the Seatons and the Kovaks.  Their business at present os truck farming on a small scale.  During the first few years they were in the country, representives of these people made regular trips to the land of their birth, butlately this practice has been discontinued.  They have proved to be good thrifty citizens of this county. History of San Jacinto County (Ruth Hansbro, M.A. thesis, 1940)