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Houston: A History. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-73020-9. Muir, Andrew Forest (July 1960). "Railroads Come to Houston 1857–1861". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 64 (1): 42– 63. JSTOR 30240901. Platt, Harold L. (1983). City Building in the New South: The Growth of Public Services in Houston, Texas, 1830-1915.
S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Houston) The Sam Houston Hotel; San Jacinto High School (Houston) San Jacinto Monument; Scanlan Building; Schauer Filling Station; Sheridan Apartments (Houston) South Texas National Bank (Houston) Space Environment Simulation Laboratory; Star Engraving Company Building; State National Bank Building (Houston, Texas ...
Houston lies within the Gryffe Valley on the banks of the River Gryffe 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Paisley and is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Houston and Killellan, which covers the neighbouring village of Crosslee and a number of smaller settlements in the villages' rural hinterland.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
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 ...
16 “golf cabins” for guests to stay in. ... The brochure also points to the property’s history as a state park. “Land maintained as a Texas state park for 50 years will now be preserved by ...
Houston Metropolitan Research Center is established. [26] May 11: A tanker truck of ammonia crashes at Interstate 610 and U.S. Highway 59 in the Galleria area, resulting in the deaths of 7 people. [27] [28] 1977. Houston Area Women's Center founded. [29] National Women's Conference held in city.
Taylor-Stevenson Ranch is an historic 640-acre working ranch located near Reliant Stadium on Almeda Rd. in Houston, TX. [1] The ranch was officially designated in the Congressional Record as a "Texas Century Ranch" which recognizes ownership by the same family for over a century. [2]