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The Herbert Roedenbeck Papers AC -138
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General Type: Papers
Physical Description: 2 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates: 1881-1975
Donor: Mrs. Charlene Hiker
Herbert Roedenbeck (1881-1975) in the given course of time
will suffice as one of the last legendary pioneers of this century;
his achievements in agriculture and land development proved to be
an integral part of the present demographic status of Southeast
Texas.
Mr. Roedenbeck is credited as having planted one of the first
commercial scale rice crops in Chambers County in 1910, developing
a new strain of rice that became known as the "Roedenbeck
Prolific"; during his tenure as Chambers County land commissioner,
1920-1924, he eradicated the fever tick by mandatory dipping of
cattle, mostly longhorns. Roedenbeck is responsible for the
migration of over five thousand emigrants to this area through his
land development transactions. After having lost most of his
holdings, Roedenbeck became active in the oil leasing business in
Chambers and Jefferson Counties where he estimated transactions in
excess of 300,000 acres.
The greater portion of this collection consists of
correspondence during the conclusive years from 1932 to 1970 while
he was active in the oil leasing business. The collection also
contains holoqraphs of Roedenbeck's unpublished writings as well
as a poem he composed in 1932.
No restrictions apply.