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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
Complete guide to Houston, Texas, Houston: Dealy & Baker, 1895, OL 23290102M Young, Samuel Oliver Dr. (1912), A thumb-nail history of the city of Houston, Texas, from its founding in 1836 to the year 1912 , Houston, Tex: Press of Rein & sons company, OL 23348484M
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second ...
Houston's wards as they are referred to today are not identical to the wards that existed before 1915. Will Howard, an assistant manager of the Texas and local history department of the Houston Public Library, said during that year "They are cultural entities today, not legal entities, and like any culture, they are almost obligated to change." [4]
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. When Houston was founded in 1836, an African-American community had already begun to be established. [1] In 1860, 99% of the city's African American population was enslaved; [3] there were eight free blacks and 1,060 slaves. [1]
The Fourth Ward lost prominence due to its inability to expand geographically, as other developments hemmed in the area. [1] Mike Snyder of the Houston Chronicle said that local historians traced the earliest signs of decline to 1940, and that it was influenced by many factors, including the opening of Interstate 45 and the construction of Allen Parkway Village, [3] a public housing complex of ...
A Houston man with with lengthy criminal history stabbed his 58-year-old mother after she refused to hand over her wallet to him, police say.
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