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The present-day location of this ferry can trace its origins back to 1822 when it was constructed by Nathaniel Lynch just below the confluence of the San Jacinto River and the Buffalo Bayou and was known as Lynch's Ferry. [6] The ferry was used by the Republic of Texas troops fighting Mexican forces in the Battle of San Jacinto April 1836. [6]
The federal government constructed the reservoir on Carpenter's Bayou in 1942 in order to support growing war-related industries along the Houston Ship Channel. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the reservoir in 1952 to provide a refuge for migratory waterfowl, a public fishing lake and a fish hatchery. It opened in 1955 as the ...
Sheldon Lake was established by the federal government in 1943 through the construction of a dam on its tributary, Carpenters Bayou. Its original purpose was to provide a source of fresh water to Houston and industries operating on the Houston Ship Channel. [2] The City of Houston began managing the reservoir following World War II.
The Texas Children's Houston Open is a professional golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, played in March. As a part of a restructuring of the schedule, the event moved to the fall in 2019. As a part of a restructuring of the schedule, the event moved to the fall in 2019.
State Highway 99 (SH 99), also known as the Grand Parkway, is a beltway in the U.S. state of Texas.Its first section opened on August 31, 1994. When the route is completed, it will be the longest beltway in the U.S., the world's seventh-longest ring road, and the third (outer) loop of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area, with Interstate 610 being the first (inner) loop ...
SH 249; [37] access to HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball: 21.81: 35.10: FM 2920 / Bus. SH 249 south – Tomball, Hooks Airport / Alice Road: Access to HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball: 23.26: 37.43: Brown Road / Baker Road / Zion Road: Access to Lone Star College-Tomball campus: Harris–Montgomery county line 24.72: 39.78: Tomball Tollway ends ...
McGovern Lake is an 8-acre (3.2 ha) lake in Houston's Hermann Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. ... The lake was expanded and restored during 1999–2001, and was ...
The lake feeds Galveston Bay. It is bordered by Houston (Clear Lake City), Pasadena, League City, Clear Lake Shores, Taylor Lake Village, Seabrook and El Lago, Texas. NASA's Johnson Space Center lies near its shores. The lake is a major recreation center and home to one of the largest concentrations of recreational boats and marinas in the nation.