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Paperback Houston: 1860 to 1900 Book

ISBN: 0738566837

ISBN13: 9780738566832

Houston: 1860 to 1900

(Part of the Images of America: Texas Series)

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In an area that was little more than a thick forest lining Buffalo Bayou, Houston was founded in 1836 by the Allen brothers and named after the Republic of Texas's beloved general Sam Houston. By 1860, there were 5,000 residents in Houston, wooden sidewalks, a few shell-paved roads, and five railroads. Out of the mud and mayhem of Houston's humble frontier beginnings arose men like Thomas W. House, Alexander P. Root, Edward Hopkins Cushing, Thomas...

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