In 1954 Gerald Pearson,Calvin Fuller. and Daryl Chapin invented the first solar battery funded by and named after Bell Laboratories. The Bell Solar Battery was first tested with a telephone carrier system (Americus, Georgia) on 10/4/1955.
In 1985 the City of Seabrook, with the blessings of Rex and Evelyn Meador, donated to Harris County six acres of land originally given to the City by the Meadors. The donation was given with the stipulation that a county branch library would be built within two years of the donation. The Friends group was founded in 1985 by a small group of interested Seabrook citizens. The initial size of the library was to have been 4,500 square feet.
Sea Rim State Park (upper right), south of Port Arthur, along the Gulf coast of southeast Texas. Sea Rim State Park is a 4,141-acre (1,676 ha) state park in southeast Texas.The park is located on the Gulf of Mexico in southern Jefferson County, south of Port Arthur and just west of Sabine Pass.The park was closed for several years due to extensive damage from Hurricanes Rita (2005) and Ike (2008).ea Rim State Park is a 4,141-acre (1,676 ha) state park in southeast Texas.