Goose Creek Stream

Goose Creek was named by Indians because in earlier times huge flocks of geese gathered there, and a map used by the LaSalle expedition from 1684 to 1687 labeled this small stream Goose Creek. During the Civil War in 1863, the Confederate government established a shipyard at its mouth. In 1867, the Bayland Orphans home began operating near the mouth of Goose Creek on the west bank for the education and care of Confederate orphans. In 1869, the John Gaillard family established a shipping point called Gaillard's Landing, which later became the center of the Goose Creek oil field. A small ferry known as Busch Landing carried traffic between the oil field and the Humble refinery site. A town site founded in 1919 bore the name Goose Creek for nearly thirty years.

Baytown, Texas · United States