In this section you will find links to stories and articles about Sweeny.

Maxey Brooke (1913-1995) was a chemical engineer (OU grad 1936) at Phillips  and lived in Sweeny until the late eighties when he retired and moved to the  Dallas area. Maxey was a history buff, a prolific writer and was especially good  at gathering & recording stories from people around town that would have  been lost. As we started to do research on local history, his footprints were  found all over the place in handwritten and typewriter (Younger readers may have  to Google a definition)  typed form.

1. "Sweeny Speakes"
2. "Conversations" edited by Basil Shannon
3. "Early Sweeny Families"
4. "Sweeny-Old Ocean" transcribed
5. "Sweeny Story" transcribed and edited by basil Shannon 
6. 1987 Newspaper Article about "Sweeny Speaks"
7. Five more recently discovered "Conversations"

1. Catherine Bannister Memorial Service
2. I am Mary Parks

1. Cemetery Historical Marker Dedication
2. Emma McKinney Tribute 1965
3. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION by Mattie Jordan April 17, 1961
4. SWEENY – OLD OCEAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRy by Mattie Jordan April 17, 1961.
5. Sweeny in 1919 by Clyde McKinney
6. Moving to Sweeny 1917 by Etta Lindsey Allen
7. Moving to Sweeny 1919 author unknown but written for 1965 Augsburger Reunion
8. SWEENY RESIDENTS DESCEND FROM GOLIAD SURVIVORS
9. SWEENY HISTORICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM FACEBOOKTHE
10. CITY OF SWEENY AND HOW NAMED Author
11. Brazosport Facts Pat Ellis 1986
12. SWEENY 1940 AS REMEMBERED BY BILLIE HUGH WALLACE 1975
13. First Baptist Church History submitted by Charlene Finley
14. Black Friday by Jim Finley
15. Cleve and Bertha Redding Story by Opal Redding Bailey

1. A Trip Over The County By Times Man 1912 Times Article
2. Bear Killed In Hasima 1915
3. Green Beans Shipped
4. SWEENY…….A NEW TOWN
5. SWEENY CIVIC CLUB 5O YEARS 1961
6. SWEENY TOWNSITE $1 Acre
7. JAMES GANG IN BRAZORIA 1867
8. Sweeny School Records Returned
9. Sweeny Civic Club 75 Years by Pat Ellis
10. 1962 Mayor and Council Article
11. 1987 Bank Failure
12. SWEENY'S ARCHANGEL OF DEATH
13. The Wild Woman Story