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Timeline of historical events of Houston, Texas, United States: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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
Harrisburg, Houston; Henry Brashear Building; Hispanics and Latinos in Houston; Roy Hofheinz; Oscar F. Holcombe; Houston Asian American Archive; Houston City Hall; Houston Endowment Inc. Houston Plank Road Company; Houston Post; Houston Volunteers; Houston's First Sit-in March 4, 1960; Howard Hughes; William J. Hutchins
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
The first constable of the then recently incorporated capital city of the Republic of Texas, Houston was elected in 1837, making him the city's first law enforcement officer. The police force itself was not established until 1841 by Houston's first marshal, Daniel Busley. There was little patrolling of the city during the next 20 years.
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 ...
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The Texas Southern University versus Prairie View A&M University athletic events are a major draw for blacks in the Houston area, particularly for black alumni of these institutions. The Labor Day Classic is the only HBCU football classic in the Houston area.