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  2. Emerson Francis Woodward - Wikipedia

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    Emerson Francis Woodward (February 23, 1879 – May 24, 1943) was an oilman who co-founded the Yount-Lee Oil Company which made a major discovery at the Spindletop field near Beaumont, Texas. In 1935, Woodward and partners sold the company to Standard Oil & Gas for $46 million. He was born at Podunk, New York to William W. and Ida May LaGrange ...

  3. Category:Rivers of Houston - Wikipedia

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    Rivers and creeks of the City of Houston in Texas. Subcategories. ... Pages in category "Rivers of Houston" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.

  4. Buffalo Bayou - Wikipedia

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    Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving river which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas.Formed 18,000 years ago, it has its source in the prairie surrounding Katy, Fort Bend County, and flows approximately 53 miles (85 km) east through the Houston Ship Channel into Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. [2]

  5. Brays Bayou - Wikipedia

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    By the first half of the 20th century, suburbs of Houston had reached the banks of Brays Bayou. Rice University was established on a large plot of land adjacent to Harris Gully, a tributary of the bayou, in 1912, and the University of Houston was established just north of the bayou in the Third Ward in 1927. Harrisburg was annexed by the city ...

  6. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - Wikipedia

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    The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world. It includes one of the richest regular-season professional rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since 2003, with the exception of 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was previously held in the Astrodome. [2]

  7. Barker Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Barker Reservoir is a flood control structure in Houston, Texas which prevents downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou, the city's principal river. The reservoir operates in conjunction with Addicks Reservoir to the northeast, which impounds Mayde and Bear Creeks, two tributaries of the Buffalo. Both reservoirs were authorized under the Rivers and ...

  8. Category:Rivers of Houston County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Rivers of Houston County, Texas" ... Trinity River (Texas) This page was last edited on 5 November 2020, at 18:47 (UTC). ...

  9. Lake Houston - Wikipedia

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    The reservoir was created in 1953 when the City of Houston built the dam to impound a reservoir to replace Sheldon Lake, then the primary source of water for the city. The city sold Sheldon Lake to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for use as a waterfowl sanctuary and public fishing site.

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