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If
you haven’t heard of Shenandoah’s colorful history during the Texas
Revolution, its rivalry for county seat status, its being bypassed
by the railroad, and its participation in the World Wars, don’t worry.
Shenandoah had no history prior to the 1960s.
Shenandoah
History
"Shenandoah
... is typical of the bedroom communities that have proliferated north
of Houston in southern Montgomery County since the 1960s. Development
of the subdivision, originally known as Shenandoah Valley, began in
the late 1960s on a large tract of land on the east bank of Panther
Creek just west of newly constructed I-45... " - From Handbook
of Texas Online:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/SS/hjsrd.html
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