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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16QO_blue-triangle-branch-y-w-c-a-building_Houston-TX.html
In the early 20th century, Houston's African American community wanted to provide recreational facilities for its youth and for African American troops stationed at Camp Logan. Various groups formed, including two interested in the welfare of youn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16QL_old-harrisburg_Houston-TX.html
The town was founded in 1836 by John Richardson Harris, a native of New York State and one of the "Old Three Hundred" Texas colonists. He died of yellow fever in 1829, while visiting in New Orleans. His wife, Jane Birdsall Harris, and the oldest o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16QJ_old-harrisburg_Houston-TX.html
Early Texas port and trading post. Site of state's first steam saw, grist mills and railroad terminal. Town founded, 1826, by John R. Harris, who was first settler in 1823. Became shipping center for early colonies, established when Texas was part…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16QH_first-airplane-flight-over-texas_South-Houston-TX.html
The first documented flight of a heavier-than-air flying machine in Texas occurred over this site on February 18, 1910, two weeks before the first military airplane flight by Lt. benjamin Foulois at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. The South Houst…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16QB_moonshine-hill_Humble-TX.html
Early reports of natural gas seepages in this area were not uncommon in the late 19th century. James Slaughter noticed such natural occurences near the San Jacinto River in 1887. Several years later, with S. A. Hart, he set up a drilling operation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16PQ_houston-city-republic-of-texas_Houston-TX.html
By vote of Congress, Nov. 30, 1836, chosen temporary capital for new Republic of Texas. At the time a small townsite at the head of Buffalo Bayou navigation. Into a "Houston City" of mud, tents, cabins on April 1, 1837, came President Sam Houston …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16OQ_myers-spalti-manufacturing-plant_Houston-TX.html
The City of Houston developed rapidly in the 19th century due in large part to its capacity for shipping and transportation. This was made possible by waterways, such as Buffalo Bayou, and railroads, five of which radiated from the city in 1861. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16OE_james-l-autry-house_Houston-TX.html
Mississippi native James L. Autry (1859-1920) moved to Corsicana in 1876. There he studied law and held civic offices at the time of the first oil discoveries in Texas. He was chief counsel for the Texas Co. (later Texaco) and a pioneer in the new…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16NE_courtlandt-place_Houston-TX.html
Platted in 1907 on land once owned by area pioneer Mrs. Obedience Smith, Courtlandt Place was established as a private neighborhood for Houston's elite. Encompassing 15.47 acres of land, it is a showcase of impressive homes designed by some of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16ND_the-waldo-mansion_Houston-TX.html
A Confederate veteran, J. P. Waldo (1839-1896) settled in Houston after the Civil War. He married Mary Virginia Gentry (1849-1922), daughter of railroad promoter Abram Gentry. Waldo soon became a prosperous railroad executive. In 1885 he built thi…