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One of Houston's oldest public parks, Hermann Park was created on acreage donated to the City of Houston by cattleman, oilman and philanthropist George H. Hermann (1843–1914). The land was formerly the site of his sawmill. [7] It was first envisioned as part of a comprehensive urban planning effort by the city of Houston in the early 1910s. [4]
Settegast is a neighborhood in northeast Houston; it has an average population density between one and five. [1] The community is bordered by the 610 Loop, the Union Pacific Railroad Settegast Yard, [2] [3] and the old Beaumont Highway. The community has many small, wood-framed houses and empty lots.
The Port Terminal Railroad Association is an American terminal railroad that operates 185 miles (298 km) of track at the Port of Houston in Houston, Texas. [1] It is an independent association comprising Port of Houston Authority, the Houston Belt & Terminal Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. [2]
The first Pacific Table opened in 2013 at 1600 S. University Drive, Fort Worth, near TCU and the Fort Worth Zoo. The restaurant has since added a second location in Las Colinas at 5238 N. O ...
The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway; Overview; Parent company: Union Pacific and BNSF Railway: Headquarters: 501 Crawford Street, Room 100, Houston, TX 77002-2113: Dates of operation: 1905 () – Technical; Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
Southern Pacific No. 982 is a 2-10-2 "Santa Fe"-type steam locomotive built by Baldwin in 1919 for the Southern Pacific Co. as #3651. The locomotive spent most of its life hauling heavy freight trains on the Southern Pacific Railroad until November 1922, when it was transferred to the Texas & New Orleans Railroad and renumbered as No. 982.