Ross S. Sterling
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Ross Shaw Sterling was an American politician who served as the 31st governor of Texas from 1931 to 1933.
A 1926 magazine cover depicts the proposed 40-story Sterling Hotel in Houston, designed by Ross Sterling's son-in-law, architect Wyatt Hedrick; the hotel was never built.
This mansion of Governor Sterling's at Morgan's point, a scaled down version of the White House, was completed in 1927
Birthplace of Governor Sterling
Ross Sterling's mansion in the Montrose area of Houston was built in 1916.
Anahuac, Texas
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Anahuac is a city in the U.S. state of Texas on the coast of Trinity Bay. The population of the city was 1,980 at the 2020 census. Anahuac is the county seat of Chambers County and is situated in Sout
Ross S. Sterling
…Sterling (February 11, 1875 – March 25, 1949) was an American politician who served as the 31st governor of Texas from 1931 to 1933. Sterling was born in Anahuac in Chambers County near Houston, Texas. He grew up on a farm and, after little formal education, began working as a clerk at the age of 12. At the age…
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Chambers County Library
House of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge, formerly Anahuac NWR