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Welcome to the beautiful Houston suburb of Sugar Land, Texas! Located a short distance from the Gulf of Mexico, this historic site supports a thriving housing market and prosperous local economy. Sugar Land is beloved and revered for its electrifying local events, mannerly local residents, and immaculate city infrastructure.
Modern day Sugar Land was originally controlled by the Spanish Government, and was later granted to Samuel M. Williams by Stephen F. Austin due, in part, to his education level and ability to speak Spanish.
Williams originally named the location “Oak Land” for its characteristic variety of oak trees, which were used to distinguish one plot of land from another.
Early on, sugar became a central economic and agricultural staple as trade began to flourish along the U.S. coast from New York, across Cuba, and to Velasco. It 
was from Cuba that the original sugar cane transplants were drawn and later delivered to Samuel Williams, who soon after built a mill to aid in harvesting and processing the delectable sugar cane stalks.
This mill site still exists as a modern day refinery thanks in large part to the contributions made by wealthy gold prospectors returning from California in the early nineteenth century.
It was in 1853 that a large portion of Texas plantation land was purchased and renamed “Sugar Land.” During this time, the mill functioned by making use of rollers and mule power to drain molasses into thousand pound hogsheads for shipment.
Later, rapid growth fueled expansion of these early refineries leading to the 1959 incorporation of Sugar Land! On December 15th of that year, T.E. Harman was elected the first official mayor of Sugar Land.
To this day, Sugar Land remains a booming Texan oasis known for its economic prosperity and exquisite residential construction.
Brazos Bend State Park
This legendary oak covered state park sprawls across nearly five thousand acres of lake dotted bottom lands. The area serves as a haven for three hundred species of Texas wildlife including white-tail deer, coyotes, alligators, and more. Located less than thirty miles from Houston along the Brazos River, the park is primarily a naturalistic enclave but also provides screened shelters, recreation halls, showers, picnic areas, fishing piers, nature trails, campgrounds, and an observatory consisting of three high powered telescopes!
21901 FM 762 Road
Needville, TX 77461
Phone: (979) 553-5101
City Park
225 Seventh Street
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Imperial Park
This fantastic forty-four acre park sits adjacent to the Sugar Land Recreation Center and offers a complex of athletic fields, batting cages, disc golf courses, playgrounds, picnic areas, restrooms, and pavilions.
230 Matlage Way 77478
Eldridge Park
The well balanced facilities of Eldridge Park include meeting rooms, picnic areas, restrooms, grills, picnic benches, winding trails, piers, concession stands, playgrounds, athletic fields, and a five acre pond stocked with an assortment of fish!
2511 Eldridge Road 77478
First Colony Park
This park contains twenty two acres of premier recreational facilities including a three thousand square foot conference center, batting cages, concession stands, baseball fields, playgrounds, benches, grills, and picnic areas.
3232 Austin Parkway 77479
Museum of Southern History
This preservation of antebellum culture and history celebrates the triumphant spirit of the South through a collection of artifacts, relics, and photographs from across the American legacy. Soak in extensive showcases of handguns, personal items, ships, furnishings, articles of clothing, instruments, uniforms and more from major conflicts and notable events involving brave men and women from throughout Texan history!
7502 Fondren Road
Houston, TX
Phone: (281) 649-3997
Aerodrome Ice Skating Complex 
Named for a WWII era airport, this impressive ice skating and sports arena hosts hockey matches, recreational skates, ice bumper cars, as well as classes, camps, and training sessions designed to foster an appreciation for winter sports in the temperate region of coastal Texas. The complex is adored for its tribute to the aerodynamic bombers of yesteryear and serves as the home of the Houston Aeros professional hockey team as well as ice showcases and figure skating competitions throughout the year.
16225 Lexington Blvd.
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Phone: (281) 265.7465
http://sugarlandice.com
Fort Bend Museum
The award-winning Fort Bend museum commemorates the settlement of the Sugar Land area by the “original 300” families to receive grants of land from the Mexican government via Stephen F. Austin and chronicles their first one hundred years in the area.
The grounds contain many restored historical homes and cottages including Reconstruction-era mansions rumored to be haunted!
500 Houston Street, Richmond
Phone: (281) 342-6478
http://www.americantowns.com/tx/sugarland/events
http://www.sugarlandmagazine.com/events.shtml