This 102-acre site was bought by the Harris County Flood
Control District in the 1980s for flood control and recreation
purposes. The park, at Pleasant Groves Drive and Telge Road, lies on
both sides of Cypress Creek.
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The home of pioneer settlers
Matthew and Sarah Burnett stood on the bank of Cypress Creek in, or near,
this park during the time of the Texas Revolution. The Burnett place
was on the road that led from the Abram (Abraham) Roberts' homestead (in
what is now New Kentucky Park) down in Harrisburg. The interim
government of the Republic of Texas, at the end of the convention at
Washington-on-the-Brazos where independence was declared, traveled this
road to Harrisburg. President David Burnett and his little party
made a brief stop at the Burnett place on March 22, 1836. Sam
Houston and the Texas Army camped overnight here on April 16, five days
before they met and defeated the Mexican Army led by General Antonio Lopez
de Santa Anna at San Jacinto. There is a Texas Historical Marker in
the park.
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Matthew and Sarah Burnett came from Arkansas and
settled here in 1831. Their home became a popular tavern after Texas
won independence.
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Much of this park is subject to
flooding. All of the development has been on the north side of
Cypress Creek. The features include restrooms, a playground, picnic
tables and barbeque grills, plus nature trails. The entrance and
parking lot are on Pleasant Groves Drive just east of Telge. The
park is named for the Telge family that owned the property for more than a
hundred years.
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