These documents contain the history of the early settlements in Galveston from the original Native American fishing camp to Spanish and Mexican military outposts to pirate headquarters and then to revolutionaries.
View of Houston Ship Channel with pipes in foreground. Steam boat also in frame. Houston Ship Channel dredging operations. Barge with cotton and railroad cars on opposite bank.
Kleinberg, Stephen L., 1940-;
Houston (Tex.) -- Economic conditions;
Houston (Tex.) -- Population;
Houston (Tex.) -- Environmental conditions;
Quality of life -- Texas -- Houston;
Oral histories
Steve Kleinberg, a psychology professor at Rice University discusses Houston's economy and demography, and the changes the city has experienced over a period of time.
Panoramic of new bridge over the Brazos River going to the Gulf of Mexico located in Freeport, Texas. New steel bridge, couple in buggy about to cross, crane in right corner, and construction material.
Office of U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Morgan's Point, TX during dredging of Houston Ship Channel. In foreground: Henrietta Freeman Humphreville with daughter, Susie, and son, George.
Reproduction of the 1866 facsimile of the original version published in Houston by Gray, Strickland of Houston in 1866. Original title: Houston city directory for 1866 : with a map of the city, directory to streets and localities, names of city,...
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation publications, Homes For All Times, and River Oaks ; newspaper articles about the death of Will Hogg ; advertisements for River Oaks.
"In connection with which are published the Charter of the City of Houston, as amended to October 1913, and Extracts from the Constitution, the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, and the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to Municipal...
