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• Houston Voices
  Comments (0) July 30, 2008 Heroic Native Son Visits Houston Seventy Years Ago Filed under: Great Houstonians, Houston Memories mrhoustonian @ 9:47 am On July, 30, 1938, Howard Hughes, Houston s globe-circling aviator, landed in Houston. Learn more about...
• Houston History
  1910-A group of Houston businessmen headed by the Houston Chamber of Com merce proposes to Congress-and Congress accepts-a novel plan to split ship channel development costs between Houston and the federal government. Houston History 1836-On Apr. 1837-General...
• Houston Texas History, Houston Old Photos
  NASA came to town in 1961 and once again Houston made history. Although energy is still a major component of Houston s economy, biotechnology, healthcare, manufacturing and aerospace industries are important factors in Houston s continuing growth and...
• University of Houston History
  history, Latin American history, Mexican-American and immigration studies, European history, foreign relations and war, African-American history, family and public history, environmental studies, and various other areas. And we are an active part of the...
• Houston History Association
  Dear Friend of Houston's History: Welcome to the website of the Houston History Association, an independent 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to linking Houstonians with their common past. Box 25086 Houston, TX 77265-5086, USA Web: http://www.houstonhistoryassociation.org...
• Houston's History and Research
  Houston Weather Resources and Information Houston Weather Forecast Resources and Information Houston's History An extensive article on Houston's founding fathers, demographics and geographical information. Houston's History Timeline A timeline of 169...
• Bayou City History | Blogging Houston's history with J.R. Gonzales
  Steven Fenberg, community affairs officer with Houston Endowment and a Jones historian, read a Houston Chronicle article Jones wrote in July 1929 (PDF) that explained how the building figured in his vision of Houston. Gonzales at 02:00 AM in Houston History...
• Bayou City History: A Houston History Mystery revisited
  Login / Sign-up Logout | Edit Profile Bayou City History A blog about Houston's past with J.R. As you can see, the flagstaff was placed at the corner of Bagby and Walker, at the site of the old Sam Houston Coliseum and Music Hall. Login / Sign-up Logout | Edit Profile Bayou City History A blog about Houston's past with J.R. As you can see, the flagstaff was placed at the corner of Bagby and Walker, at the site of the old Sam Houston Coliseum and Music Hall. .
• Houston: History - Early Days Full of Perils, War Breaks Out with Santa Ana
  Houston Public Library, Texas and Local History Department, 500 Mc Kinney St., Houston, TX 77002; telephone (832)393-1313 Discuss this city on our active forum. After World War II the petrochemical industry and Houston grew even more rapidly, but Houston...
• Dates in Houston History
  President Sam Houston brings the capitol back to Houston temporarily during a Mexican invasion in 1842. Some significant dates in Houston history: 1528 Wayward Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca wanders the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast and inland regions....
• Houston :: History -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  The first dock had been built in 1840, and widening and deepening of Buffalo Bayou (now part of the Houston Ship Channel) had begun in 1869. After a devastating hurricane and flood in 1900 destroyed Galveston s port facilities, Houston emerged as the...
• Houston History Stories » Swamplot: Houston’s Real Estate Landscape
  Houston photophile Robert Kimberly, who s been poring through the collection, says There are loads of Houston pictures, but add TX or Texas to narrow a search to the city. January 21, 2008 11:54 am The brave work of Southwest Houston and Houston Apartment...
• AAF-Houston History - American Advertising Federation Houston, About Us
  A decade later, the Better Business Bureau of Houston was organized and sponsored by the Advertising Association of Houston. The approximately 200 delegates included Houston’s long-time mayor, Oscar Holcombe, and many other important Houston businessmen...
• Welcome to District of Houston
  About Houston > History Welcome to the history segment of the District of Houston website For a great Christmas gift idea, contact the Municipal Office @ 250-845-2238 to purchase a copy of“Marks Of A Century” Houston History Book. Since then, the Year...
• Houston: History: Information from Answers.com
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• Scenic Houston's History | Scenic Houston
  Such a designation was recognized by not only Billboards Limited but a new generation of community leaders as an economic development black eye for Houston. By 1980, Houston was home to over 10,000 billboards, and was known in the media as the Billboard...
• Google Video
  Peabody Sherman Travel Way Back To 1953 - A History of Iraq http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0PYWAn-Fz M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0PYWAn-Fz M Sherman and Mr. Peabody Sherman Travel Way Back To 1953 - A History of Iraq http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0PYWAn-Fz M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0PYWAn-Fz M Sherman and Mr. .