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Charles August Albert Dellschau (4 June 1830 Brandenburg, Prussia – 20 April 1923 Houston, Texas) was a Prussian-American who gained posthumous fame after the discovery of his large scrapbooks that contained drawings, collages and watercolors of airplanes and airships. He has been classified as one of the first visionary artists. [1]
A thumb-nail history of the city of Houston, Texas, from its founding in 1836 to the year 1912, published 1912, hosted by the Portal to Texas History; True stories of old Houston and Houstonians: historical and personal sketches / by S. O. Young., published 1913, hosted by the Portal to Texas History
April 21, 1836 – Battle of San Jacinto: Mexican forces under General Santa Anna are defeated in a battle lasting 18 minutes by the San Jacinto River, Texas. (General Houston is wounded during the battle, and is later relieved of command by interim President David G. Burnet. This action enables Houston to recover from his wounds.)
Sidney Sherman Bridge in Houston, Texas, crossing the Houston Ship Channel, is named in his honor. This Texian General Sidney Sherman (and not Union Army Major General William Tecumseh Sherman ) was the namesake of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado engine the General Sherman , the first railroad locomotive in Texas
April 5, 1986 - City takes part in celebration of Texas' Sesquicentennial, 25th Anniversary of NASA, and the Houston International Festival with Rendez-vous Houston concert. At the time it is the largest outdoor concert in history and is entered into the Guinness Book of World Records.
City Building in the New South: The Growth of Public Services in Houston, Texas, 1830-1910 is a 1983 non-fiction book by Harold L. Platt, published by Temple University Press. It is the second book of the publisher's "Technology and Urban Growth" series, which debuted in 1980. [1]
Augustus Chapman Allen (July 4, 1806 – January 11, 1864), along with his younger brother, John Kirby Allen, founded the City of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. He was born on July 4, 1806, in Canaseraga Village, New York (now the hamlet of Sullivan in the Town of Sullivan, New York ), [ 1 ] to Sarah (Chapman) and Roland Allen.
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