Census in Tyler County, Woodville Texas). My great grandfather, John were a farmer, But my great grandmother help out on the farm, she were mostly a housewife, where she had to raise ten children, one of whom were my grandmother Rosetta Hadnot born on December 11,1898. In Emilee, Texas is where my grandmother Rosetta was raised and where she met her childhood sweetheart who would later become her husband, William Rigsby would move his family to Colmesneil, Texas where William would go on to work on a farm for about 40 year's while Rosetta stayed at home with her children, among those children were my mother Bessie Rigsby born on June 13, 1930. Bessie attended public school in Colmesneil, Texas along with her siblings. There in Colmesneil is where our mother met our father Daniel …show more content…
We begin in 1974 with news that Federated Stores Realty was set to begin construction of a shopping mall at the corner of I-45 and the North Belt. A 1.2 million square feet, the mall would dwarf some of Houston earliest shopping centers.(cited from a Nov. 17 Houston Post article) the landscaping will be used to create the illusion of a brick-paved street lined with shops. Natural light from clerestories and skylights will permit planting full-grown trees in three courtyards.” In all, the mall was part of a larger, 375-acre development that included offices and residential units.Residents in the rapidly growing region of north Harris County, the mall was a godsend. Before then, suburbanites had to make the trek to orthwest Mall or Northline Mall if they wanted to go to a Montgomery Ward, Foley’s, or any other major department store. Greenspoint, as it was called by 1976 was a game changer.(cited from an article by Mike Avalo’s on Aug. 6 of the Houston Post article:) by noon, thousand of Houston area residents streamed through the corridors. A balloon bounced on a string above nearly every child there were balloons everywhere. In that same article, John Pearson and wife described the scene this way “Everyone has a smile. This is a happy place.” Two years later, Federated pulled out all the stops when the mall added a Montgomery Ward and 14 other shops. Darth Vader, Chewbacca and R2D2 Traveled from