Hooge Hill
Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Prospect Hill Grocery and Hooge Homestead were established in 1917 by Anna Ripps and Petrus "Alphons" Hooge. The couple and their children came to this area to establish a home and cultivate opportunities from their mutual farming heritage. Known simply as "Hooge Hill," their produce and mercantile business became a center for working-class residents of Poteet and Atasocsa County. The Hooges were early produce packers who shipped Atascosa County produce to local markets and beyond. Mrs. Hooge's store provided a friendly, fair and family-oriented environment. Mrs. Hooge was preceded in death by her husband in 1955. Following her death in 1964, the business closed but the Hooge Store legacy remains. (2016)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In 1917 Anna Ripps and Petrus "Alphons" Hooge settled on this rise near Poteet and opened the Prospect Hill Grocery, a store and homestead that neighbors simply called "Hooge Hill." Drawing on their farming roots, the couple became early produce packers, shipping Atascosa County crops to markets near and far while running a general store known for fair dealing and a family welcome. After Mrs. Hooge died in 1964 the business closed, but the store's reputation endured.
Why it matters
The Hooge store captures the everyday commerce of an immigrant farming family in early-twentieth-century South Texas, where a country grocery could anchor a whole working-class community.
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Related people
- · Anna Ripps Hooge
- · Petrus "Alphons" Hooge
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