Houston, Texas has a rich history! Follow its history here:
https://www.visithoustontexas.com/about-houston/history/
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One of the best timelines I’ve seen for Houston, Texas. Great photos as well! Explore the History of Houston
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I’ll take the station wagon!
From the Houston Chronicle “Then and now: Houston Streets”
August 24, 1964: This pylon stands on Buffalo Speedway north of Bissonnet, marking the location of the newly renovated and enlarged Speedway Shopping Center. Located on a five-acre tract, the center contains 38,000 square feet of floor space and its stores and shops offer a wide variety of merchandise and services.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Then-now-Houston-streets-6003155.php#photo-14153996
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Sharing a link for a panoramic photo of Houston in 1910. Be sure to click the image to see it in all its glory, it’s Huge.
From History of Houston – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Houston
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Check out these photos of Houston, Texas taken in 1936:
https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2013/06/the-streets-of-houston-in-1936/amp/
Photo courtesy of Houston Chronicle Blog
University of Houston: Frontier Fiesta
A combination of musical and theatrical performances, cook-offs, carnival booths, and concessions set in a Western frontier-style town, Frontier Fiesta began in 1940 but was almost immediately interrupted by World War II and suspended from 1942-1945. Frontier Fiesta’s second run (from 1946-1959) saw the event grow to its greatest popularity and achieve national acclaim; Life Magazine proclaimed it the “Greatest College Show on Earth.”
The student-run, community-minded festival was revived in 1992. Every year the Frontier Fiesta Association awards 10 scholarships to deserving incoming freshman and current UH students; these scholarships reward both academic achievement and outstanding efforts in community service.
Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Fiesta
The University of Houston Digital Library is a true treasure of “throw back” history for Houston and the Gulf Coast Area (just to begin!).
Here are two Houston TBT photos. First, a map of of the area:
“A reproduction of a map created by Gail Borden, who was commissioned by the Allen brothers to produce a map of the city. The “Original Plan of Houston” shows a city hugging Buffalo Bayou with space reserved for a courthouse, churches, and schools.”
Second:
“An imaginative painting by an unknown artist in the 1920s or 1930s, depicting a futuristic view of Houston in 1980.”
Courtesy the University of Houston Digital Library:
http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll2
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Houston, Texas has a remarkable history including “Houston” being the first word spoken from the Moon!
Houston founded on Aug. 30 by brothers Augustus C. and John K. Allen, who pay just over $1.40 per acre for 6,642 acres of land near the headwaters of Buffalo Bayou. I bought a cup of coffee today, it was just over $3/cup!
Houston History page on the Houston Real Estate site offers a good timeline: http://www.texasbest.com/houston/history.html
Early Houston
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The Houston Ship Channel has a long history, over 100 years.
http://www.portofhouston.com/about-us/history/
There are some amazing photos on the site, check these out, so much I didn’t know: http://www.portofhouston.com/…/houston-ship-channel-centen…/
Big thanks to the Port of Houston for work they have done on their site and allowing us to share and learn.
For all the years I lived in Houston I never thought to ask. Actually until I began my association with Drake Homes Inc I’m not sure I’d even heard “Rice Military” as an area in Houston. The Galleria, Memorial, The Heights, Montrose, of course, as my husband owned a home off Alabama, but not Rice Military.
So as we have single family home communities there I did some research, this first paragraph from Wikipedia:
The name originates from nearby Camp Logan, a World War I-era U.S. Army training camp, which was replaced by Memorial Park after the war. The “Rice” in Rice Military comes from the family that used to own the area. One of the most popular of the Rices, William M. Rice, left behind a fortune to found Rice University. Bankers Trust Co. paid $54,425 ($731,900 in current money) to the Rice family and another party for the entire area that would become Rice Military.”
Further: The boundaries of the Rice Military neighborhood are Washington Avenue on the north, Memorial Drive on the south, Shepherd Drive on the east, and Westcott Street on the west.
Ah! I just asked my husband and he knew all the history, should have asked him first! He says he’s even seen old photographs of Camp Logan. (Always ask the nearest source LOL).
One last bit of history I found about the area, though it’s about Washington Avenue:
Washington Avenue’s history dates back to 1849, when a wagon and stagecoach route to downtown Houston was established. When the Houston & Texas Central terminal was built at the end of the street, it became such an important thoroughfare that at the turn of the century it was paved, becoming one of the first paved roads in the city.
If you’re interested in Texas history, be sure and check out Jeff Carroll’s Legendary Texas site!
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