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Houston
History -
"The
city began on August 30, 1836, when Augustus Chapman Allen and John
Kirby Allenqqv ran an advertisement in the Telegraph and Texas Registerqv
for the "Town of Houston." The townsite, which featured a mixture
of timber and grassland, was on the level Coastal Plainqv in the
middle of the future Harris County, at 95.4° west longitude and
30.3° north latitude." - From Handbook of Texas Online:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/hdh3.html
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Houston
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Houston
Visitors Information Center - 1-800-4HOUSTON
City Hall Building at 901 Bagby Street
Greater
Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau -
http://www.houston-guide.com/
901 Bagby Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 437-5200 800-4HOUSTON
City
of Houston - http://www.cityofhouston.gov/
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