Texas History
Business Directory
C. Jim Stewart and Stevenson’s Auto and Carriage Repair
Today, Minute Maid park occupies this section of Congress street.
Business Directory
The Houston Chronicle Building
Origins Marcellus E. Foster, a former Houston Post reporter, created the Houston Chronicle in 1901 using Spindletop investment returns. A…
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Texas Ice and Fuel Co
This ice shop would have been located on the 4700 block of Canal St, at the corner of Maplewood, which…
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Houston Motor Car Company
Today, the Harris County Central Plant sits in this location.
Uncovering Houston
Santa Fe RR Viaduct (GHER)
The Galveston-Houston Electric Railway, also referred to as GHER or The Galveston Interurban, was an electric passenger rail line that…
Snapshots
Senator John F. Kennedy giving a speech in Houston
At the time of this photo, John F. Kennedy had not yet become President and was a US Senator from…