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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2701_houston-bar-association_Houston-TX.html
Members of the legal profession began practicing in Houston in 1837, one year after Texas gained its independence from Mexico and became a Republic. The earliest evidence of organization among the city's attorneys dates to 1870, when the original …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25VJ_magnolia-park-city-hall-and-central-fire-station_Houston-TX.html
The city of Magnolia Park was incorporated on July 1, 1913, on property first developed by John Thomas Brady in 1890 as a large excursion park. For the municipality's first ten years, city offices were located in various temporary facilities, all …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XSY_little-joe-ii-historical_Houston-TX.html
The first major flight tests in the Apollo program were performed by the Little Joe II launch vehicle. These unmanned flights tested the command module launch escape system and qualified it for operational use in the Apollo program. The test serie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XSW_mercury-redstone-historical_Houston-TX.html
A one-man spacecraft-booster combination like this one propelled the first two American astronauts (Al Shepard and Gus Grissom) into Space in May and July of 1961. Al Shepard's spacecraft reached an altitude of 101 nautical miles in a ballistic ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XLK_apollo-mission-control-center-historical_Houston-TX.html
NASA — Johnson Space Center
National Historic Landmark
Designated by the United States Dept. of the Interior
Apollo Mission Control Center
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing - July 20, 1969
( plaque inside the VIP Observation Room )
Apollo M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GV8_buffalo-bayou-brazos-colorado-railroad_Houston-TX.html
Building of a railroad from here to the Brazos, to handle commerce of rich plantations, was attempted unsuccessfully in 1840-41 by early merchant Andrew Briscoe and the Harrises who founded Harrisburg. Their holdings, including Harrisburg townsite…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E7G_bear-creek-methodist-church-and-cemetery_Houston-TX.html
German immigrants settled in the area surrounding the junction of Langham and Bear creeks in the 1840s. Settlers traveled to nearby churches for Sunday services until about 1879 when seven charter members established the Bear Creek German Methodis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ZQ_1-000-houstonians-join-the-navy_Houston-TX.html
On this site on May 30, 1942, 1,000 Houston volunteers took the oath of service in the United States Navy and dedicated their lives to avenging the cruiser USS Houston and her valiant crew lost in the Battle of the Java Sea
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17DK_w-l-and-susan-clayton_Houston-TX.html
Mississippi native William Lockhart Clayton (1880-1966) left school early to become a court reporter. His skill attracted an executive of the American Cotton Company, and he moved first to St. Louis then to the New York office the following year. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17DJ_clayton-house_Houston-TX.html
Built in 1916-17, this Georgian revival house was the home of William L. Clayton (1880-1966), founder of Anderson, Clayton, & Co., a cotton trading firm. A leader in public service as well as business, Clayton was a principal architect of the Mars…