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Map of Old Conroe
Best viewed on desktop. If you’re going to dig in, open the map in a new window with this direct link. You can browse all map photos at the bottom of this page, but the map doesn’t yet have all the colorized and enhanced versions uploaded.
8-track jams
for cruising Frazier
Conroe High Yearbook Pages: 1970-1988
Flare Covers with snark comments
The “Flare” came from the oil wells that sprouted up in the mini-oil boom in the ’30s
Conroe Football in the 70s
Elvis in Conroe
Some A.I. Animations of Famous Conroe Figures
The effect, though fun, is a bit uncanny-valley jarring. Most prefer stills at the bottom of this page.
Conroe-made Russian mega trucks
Some Conroe trivia you may not have heard
And driving just a little further east on 336, we get the neighborhood of Robinwood where a famous murder happened in 2001:
Into the Abyss by Werner Herzog
Watch the full film now on Youtube: Into the Abyss – Complete Werner Herzog documentary about a 2001 murder in Conroe
You don’t move mountains with money. You move mountains with faith.
– Werner Herzog
Articles
A Thousand Conroe Photos
Over a thousand photos up to the 1990s, many digitally restored. I mostly chose businesses that kids would remember. Give it a moment to start loading; I have optimized it for fast loading. Just keep scrolling. Alphabetical order.
These are all public domain as far as I know, so feel free to share and post them.
And please send me your photos!
Having all this on one page is kind of experimental. On desktop you should be fine, but if you’re looking at this on an older phone, you will probably run out of video memory at some point (mine made it to the N’s).
If you are having any problems whatsoever, click this button to go straight to the Google Drive containing all the photos. Google is nice and fast, and you can search and download from there a helluva lot easier.
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Keywords (All places these are on the Google map above)
This is listed here to help people find this page.
Early 70s Sportsman’s Map
Early 70s Lake Conroe
105 Barber Shop
1970 Elvis Interview before Astrodome concert
1973 Houston
1973 Marvin Zindler reflects on shutting down prostitution house in La Grange
1977 Drivin down Frazier (Video)
1978 ABC13’s oldest recorded newscast, Aug 23
1979 Earl Campbell signs autographs with ABC13’s Marvin Zindler
1980 Houston Highways
1980 Houston Nightlife
1980 The “other” whorehouse shut down by Marvin Zindler
1980 Teenage Boozers
1980 Who Shot J.R.
1980 Snow
1980s – Dr. Red Duke
Early 80s – Watch Marvin rant about a dog that was registered to vote
1982 Marvin Zindler on Letterman
1982 Gay Pride Parade in Houston
1986 – Jean Michael Jarre
A&A Jiffy Stop
A&P Grocery Store
A&A Liquor
A&W/Tejas/Joe’s Italian
Accents
Ad-Lib Sportswear
Airport
Al’s Formal Wear
Amato Food Market
Americana Collections
Angela Myers Academy of Dance
Arby’s
Armadillo Downs
Armstrong Elementary School
Ashley Shaeffer BMW
Automatic Butane
B & B Drive-In Grocery
B & C Auto Clinic
B & H Electric
Barber’s Grocery/Durham’s Factory Furniture
Barton Motors
Baskin Robbins
Beall’s
Beatles Sam Houston
Beck’s Phillip’s 66
Ben Franklin 5 and 10
Benny’s Boom Boom Room
Bentwater
BFC
BFE
The Black Sheep
Black-Eyed Pea
Blaydes Hobbies
Blockbuster Video/Hastings
Blossom Flower Shop
Blue Bird Courts
Bob & Sharon’s Place
Bob’s Frontier Bar-B-Q and Little Dude
Bob WIlls Jr’s Dance Land
Bonanza/Western Sizzler/Outback
Bonus Burger (Frazier)
Bonus Burger (East Davis)
Bowden Sporting Goods
Braun’s Gifts Antiques & Trophies
Brennan Electric
Brookshire Brothers east
Brookshire Brothers west
Brownlee’s Jewelry
Buddy Moorhead Stadium
Buddy Puddles
Budget Drugs (Willis)
Budget Drug
Bullied Man Confronts Alleged Childhood Bully 35 Years Later
Bullseye Shooting Range
Burger Chef
Burger Ranch
Burk’s Groceries
Caesar’s Men’s Finer Apparel
Camp Martha Madeley
Camp Strake
Canada Book Store
Cannan’s Cakery & Catering
Capitol Drug Store
Carter Drug Store/Scott Pharmacy
Carter’s Florist, Nursery & Landscaping
Cartwright’s Western Store
Casa Elena
Casey Jones’ Barbeque
Cashner Funeral Home
Chambers Street looking south
Chambers and Simonton
Chubby’s Fried Chicken
Clarke Bottling
Clayton’s Jewelers
Cochran’s Jewelers
Cochran’s Man’s Shop
Community Sound
Competition Sports
Concept Computer Center
Coney Island & Chili House
Con-Tex Gun Shop
Conroe/Lake Conroe Chamber
Conroe Ballroom
Conroe Bank/Allied Conroe Bank
Conroe Bible Church
Conroe Bicycle Center
Conroe Cable TV
Conroe Church of Christ
Conroe College
Conroe Creosoting Co. EPA Superfund Site
Conroe Dairy Mart
Conroe Drive-In Theatre
Conroe Drug Mart Walgreen Agency
Conroe Fabric Shop
Conroe Fabric Shop
Conroe First City Hall
Conroe Furniture
Conroe Golf Carts
Conroe Gymnastics & Fitness
Conroe Hardware
Conroe Health Food
Conroe High School
Conroe High Smoking Section
Conroe Kwik Kopy
Conroe Little League
Conroe Marine/Conroe Racquetball Club/Wilson’s Fun City/300 Bowl
Conroe Mazda
Conroe Meat Center/Conroe Country Smokehouse
Conroe Office Supply
Conroe Police Dept.
Conroe Pro Shop
Conroe Schwinn Cycles
Conroe Service Center
Conroe Shoe Shop
Conroe Shopping Center
Conroe Sporting Goods
Conroe Skeet & Trap
Conroe Stamp & Coin Collectors Center
Conroe State Bank
Conroe Stationers
Conroe Steak House
Conroe Tool Rental
Conroe Trophy
Conroe Water Tower
Conroe YMCA
Convenience Store on 105
Corbin Family Shoes
Corbins Texaco and Grocery
Corn Dog Stand & Lemonade
Country Cottage
Country Moose
Cow Palace
Courier of Montgomery County
Cranford Office Supplies
Crater Lake
Crighton Theatre
Crockett Elementary
Crown Cork & Seal Co Inc
Crossroads Shopping Center
Cude Cemetery Road
Cut and Shoot
D&D Pontiac
Dairy Queen
Dance Fantastic
Dan-Dee Dog
Daniel’s
DC’s Drive-In
Dave’s Liquor
Del Taco/Whataburger
Devil’s Hole
David Deck Photography
Doctor’s Hospital
Dorothy’s Merle Normal Cosmetics
Dossey’s Drive-In
Dot’s Cafe
Doug’s Drive In Grocery
Doug’s Radiator
Dr. Carroll
Dr. Chapman
Dr. Christopher
Dr. Dyke
Dr. Hutchins
Dr. Lee
Dr. Murray
Duggan
Edgewood Bowl/Lazers
Edith’s Antiques & Gifts
Eileen’s Fashions
El Matador
El Pollino
Entertainment Center/Ice Cream Machine
Everett’s Tru-Value Hardware Store
Fae Bedford’s Fabulous Formals
Faith Outreach Center
The Feed Store
Feeders Supply
Fire Sale
First Baptist Church Conroe
First Baptist Church (Grangerland)
First United Methodist Church
First National Bank Convenience
First Presbyterian Church
Fisherman’s Wharf
Flowers and Gifts by Barbara
Forest Hill Funeral Home
Foretich Bargain Western Wear
Ford’s Junkyard
Foster’s at Wood Creek
The Fox (nightclub)/Loading Dock
Fox Photo booth
Frames Plus
Frank Hoffart’s General
Frank Horlock Ford
Frazier Overpass
Frazier Trailer Park
Fred’s Auto Parts
Fuddruckers
G.P.’s Boutique
Gates Saw Co. Inc.
Gatti’s Pizza
Genie’s Friendly Travel
Gibson’s
Gierspeck & Roper
Gilmore’s Nursery
Go Texas
Goodyear Blimp
Gram’s Business Machines
Grandy’s
Grangerland Cash Food
Great House for Children
Greenspoint Mall
Gulf Oil/Brannon Dist.
Gulf Service Center
Gulf States Utility
Haden Real Estate
Hailey’s Distribution Pharmacy
Hair by Sharon
Hair by Sharon
Hair Conductors
Hall-Mark Studio
Harley Davidson
Hazel & Alley Auto Parts
Heather’s Glen
Heidrich’s Downtown Deli
Heintz Furniture
The Helicopter
Henderson Texaco
Hennessy Auto Parts
Henry’s Hideout
Hernandez Radiator and Muffler Service
Hers Fashions
Highland Hollow Drive
Hiltop Store
Hofbrau
Holiday Inn
Holmes Car Clinic
Homeless Yankee Overpass
Hotel Conroe & Coffee Shop
House of Jeans
House of Music
House of Shoes
Houston Oilers Pep Rally 1980
Hooper House
Hotel No Tell/Conroe Hotel and Executive IV club
House of Brides
Hyden’s
Imperial Gardens
Inner Ear Home and Car Stereos
J&K Hobbies
Jack in the Box
James Smith Auto Parts
J.C. Penney’s
Jean Tree
Jeannie’s Floral Design
Jeff’s Jewelry
Jewels by John
Jefferson Chemical
Jiffy 39 Minute Cleaners
John Wiesner Buick
Kasmiersky’s Enco Service Station
Karen’s Dance Unlimited
Ken’s Pizza
Ken’s Sewing Center
Kettle
Keys Volkswagen
Kimco
Klan rally against Vietnamese fishermen in Texas 1981
KMCO/KIKR
KNRO
Knox Furniture
The Kolache Shop
Kream-Land
Kroger
L&K Food Market
Lake Conroe digging early 70s
Larry Butler
Lake Conroe Gardens/Mustard’s/Banana Bay/Wolfie’s on the Lake/Conroe Lake House
La Vendome
Leone’s
Letbetter Realty
Liddell Furniture
Little Red Caboose
Long Air Conditioning
Long John Silver’s
Lone Star Tire Company
Louisiana Pacific
Luby’s
Lucher’s Body Shop
Lynch Sign Co.
M&S Repair Service
Mac’s Bar
Mack’s Mens Store
Mack’s Men’s Wear (Crossroads)
MacMillans (Macs)/30 Something
The Gardens At Madeley Manor
The Madeley Building
Main Auto Service
Mali
Mark’s Bar-B-Que
Marlen Turner Toyota
Marlin’s Beauty Salon
Marty’s Barber Shop
Masseys 830 Marina
Maurel Car Wash
Max Mahaffey Ford
Maxie’s Professional Tree Service
Mazzio’s Pizza
McAdams Company Department Store
McDonald’s
McGee Hotel and Cafe
McKenney’s Records
Medical Village Pharmacy
Memories Unlimited
Metcalf Funeral Home
Mims Baptist Church
Mini Mart
Mini Put Golf Course
Mock’s Grocery and Store
Modern Office Equipment
Montgomery County Library
Montgomery Game Room
Montgomery Plaza
Moonen’s Sporting Goods & Hardware
Montco Motors
Moon Palace Cafe
Moore Bros. Lumber Co.
Moore Variety & Toyland – Joke Shop
Moran Utilities
Mr. Qwik Drive-In
NASA Mission Control Center
Nautilus
Neva’s Art Studio & Gallery
New Waverly State Bank
Newkirks Seafood
Neiderhofer/Henderson Feed and Supply
Nick’s Meat
Nigton
Noble Toyota
North Hills Barber Shop
North Hills Cinema
North Hills/Wood Creek Shopping Center
Old Montgomery County Hospital
Old West Western Wear
O.A. Reaves Intermediate
Oasis Drive-In
Old Mill Inn
Old West Steak House
Outback BBQ & Deli
P.G.’s Drive In
Painter’s Mobil Service
Panorama Golf Club
Pat’s Feed Store
Pat’s Longhorn Ballroom
Payne Radio & TV
Pegasus Station
Perkins Carpet
Photographs & Memories
Photo Haus
Piggly Wiggly
Pill Box
Pine Hollow Cinema
Pine Hollow Shopping Center
Pioneer Launderers & Cleaners
Pizza Hut
Pizza Inn
Pizza Towne
Pizazz
Polly Gray’s
Porky’s Cafe
Post Office
Power Lines
Pursley Sinclair Station
Quarter Deck Video Arcade
Quinn’s Drug
Radio Shack
Rainbow Flower and Gift Shop
Rainbow Records & Stuff
Rainbow Roller Rink
Randall’s
Ray-Mac TV & Appliance
Realty World
Reba’s
Reflections
Retirement Home
The Red Barn Smokehouse
River Plantation
River Pointe
Ricardo’s
Roadrunner Roller Rink
Robinwood Water Tower
Robinson Road Go-Cart
Rolling Pines Mobile Homes
Ronnie’s Truck Stop
Ruby West James Avery Jewelry
Runyan Elementary School
Russ & Jan Tickner
Russell’s Tire & Auto
Rustic Farm
Rustic Picture Frames
S&H Green Stamps
S&M TV & Electronics
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sadler Clinic
Safeway
Saks #2 Grocery
Salvage Center
Sam Houston statue
Sam Houston Trail Ride
Sambo’s/Village Inn
Sample Shop
Sanchez Boot Shop
Sam Houston Elementary
Sam Houston State University
Scott’s Card and Party
Shott’s Cleaners
Sears
Sewing Boutique
Shelton’s
Shepard’s Barber Shop
Shepard’s Furniture
Shoe Box
Siesta Center
Silver Coin Video Arcade
Shipley’s Donuts
Skate-X
Small Talk Day Care
Solomon Fabrics
Some Comics Place with an early 90s sounding name
Sonic Drive-In
Sonrise/Maranatha Christian Book & Gift Shop
Soules Insurance Agency, LP, A Dean & Draper Company
Sound s N Service
Southwestern Furniture
Southwestern Furnture
Sparkle Ice Building
Speed Printing and Office Supply
Spin’N
Steak ‘N Spirits
St. James Episcopal
St. Mark Lutheran Church
Steak and Ale/Saltgrass Steak House
Stride Right
Sundance, Coldspring BYOB
T-Shirts Et Cetera
Taco Bell
Take One Video
Talley’s Domino Hall
Tanglewood East
Tastee-Freeze
Tele-Vue Systems
Terri’s Men’s Hairstyling
Texas Commerce Bank
Texas Renaissance Festival
Texas Savings Bank
Texas State Optical
That’s Video
The Baron/Morgan and Lindsay/G.C. Murphy’s/Johnny B Dalton’s
The Bridge
The Candy House
The Canyon
The Christian Shoppe and Piano Service
The cool Nixons house
The Corner Pub
The Flower Pot
The Ginger Jar
The Green Leaf
The Joint
The Kuttery
The Magic Doorway
The Pant Patch
The Photo Lab
The Pit Stop
The Quiet Place
The Rag Doll
The Shoe Galaxy
This Old House
This ‘N That
Thornberry Real Estate
The Top Shop/Melting Leaf CBD
Tinsley’s Fried Chicken (Frazier)
Tinsley’s Fried Chicken (105 E)
The Towne Shop
Todd’s School of Merit
Tom Kelley Tire
Tops & Bottoms
Town Square
Trailways Bus Stop
Travis Junior High
Twin Cinema
Van by the River
“Van Halen Road”
Vernon’s Kuntry Bar-B-Que
Vernon’s Kuntry Katfish
Wacker’s 1
Wackers 2/Winn’s
Wagon Trail Inn
Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club
Ward Electric Supply Co., Inc.
Warren’s Superette
Washington Jr. High
Weber’s Bar-B-Que
Weiner’s
Weingarten’s Grocery Store
Weisinger/Buckalew Chevrolet
Welcome to Conroe sign
Wendy’s
West Side Courts
West’s Department store
Western Auto
Western Sizzler
Whispering Pines Coiffure
Mrs. Whitenberg’s House
The Winner’s Circle
Wilkins Jewelry
Wilkins Linen & Dust Control
Willis Food Market
Willis Pharmacy
WIllis Saloon
Winchell’s Donuts
Wise Chemical
Wise Exterminating
Wise Grocery and Hardware
Woodlands – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Woodsway – Beautiful Loop
Woolco
Wyatt’s
Yancey Concrete
Ye Old Malt Shoppe
Zipps Food Mart
Billy Gipson
Bo Calfee
Charles WIlson
Deane L. Sadler
Isaac Conroe
Jimmy Copeland
Madeley Family
Rigby Owen
Roy Harris
W.B. Weisinger
Black Oral History: Racism, KKK
Black Oral History: The Reputation of Conroe
Clarence Brandley
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Conroe High School Alumni Association
Conroe High School Memorial
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