[JustPiper]

Freeport is about 60 miles south of Houston, but only a few miles from Texas City, where one of the worst disasters in the history of the United States took place April 16, 1947, when the French ship SS Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate, exploded at the docks. The entire dock area was destroyed, along with the nearby Monsanto Chemical Company, other smaller companies, grain warehouses, and numerous oil and chemical storage tanks.

[Aggie Mama]

I used to go to Freeport all the time when I was a little girl. My dad had a deep sea charter boat as a side business. It used to be a "everyone's in your business" small town, but I don't know if it's still that way. Lots of nice people.