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Houston (other)
Houston is the largest city in the U.S.'s State of Texas. Houston may also refer to: Places United States * Houston, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Houston, Alaska, a city * Houston, Arkansas, a town * Houston, Delaware, a town * Houston, Florida, a place in Suwannee County * Houston, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Houston, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Houston, Minnesota, a city * Houston, Mississippi, a city * Houston, Missouri, a city * Houston, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Houston, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Houston, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Houston, Pennsylvania, a borough * Houston, Tennessee, an unincorporated community * Lake Houston, Texas, a reservoir and primary municipal water supply for the city of Houston * North Houston (other) * Houston County (other) * Houston station (other) * Houston Street (other) * Houston Township (other) Else ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in 2020. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the ninth-most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the largest city in the United States by total area whose government is not consolidated with a county, parish, or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Houston
Lake Houston is a reservoir on the San Jacinto River, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The reservoir is the primary municipal water supply for the city of Houston. Location and creation Situated between the communities of Kingwood, Atascocita and Humble on the west bank, Sheldon on the south, and Crosby and Huffman on the east. An earthen dam spans a portion of the southern bank along Dwight D. Eisenhower Park. The reservoir was created in 1953 when the City of Houston built the dam to impound a reservoir to replace Sheldon Lake, then the primary source of water for the city. The city sold Sheldon Lake to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for use as a waterfowl sanctuary and public fishing site. The City of Houston annexed the Lake Houston area and a canal in 1956.Lee, Renée C.Annexed Kingwood split on effects" ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday October 8, 2006. A21. Retrieved on July 6, 2011. Print version exclusively has the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston (actress)
Kimberly Halsey, known professionally as Houston, is an American pornographic actress. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2004 and into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2015. Houston once held the gangbang record by having sex 620 times over the course of 8 hours. Career Houston is known for her work in Metro's '' The World's Biggest Gangbang 3: The Houston 620'' (1999), a movie in which she reportedly had sex with over 620 men without interruption on February 6, 1999. A 1999 '' Salon'' article about that day described her as "A surgically enhanced cartoon bombshell... holooks like the love child of Jessica Rabbit and Bart Simpson." In 2012, Houston returned to the adult film industry after a ten-year hiatus and performed in her first comeback scene with Keiran Lee for Brazzers in a scene titled "Sex Games". Music videos In 2000, Houston appeared on VH-1's ''Porn to Rock'' documentary, which chronicled the efforts of various adult industry actors attempting to make the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Houston
Clan Houston is a Scottish clan. The clan does not have a chief therefore it was considered an Armigerous clan. History Origins of the clan The name is territorial in origin, derived from an old barony of the name in Lanarkshire. Hugh de Padinan, who is believed to have lived in the twelfth century, was granted the lands of Kilpeter. By about the middle of the fourteenth century, these lands had become known as Huston, or Houston, Renfrewshire. Sir Finlay de Hustone appears on the Ragman Roll swearing fealty to King Edward I of England in 1296. The castle of the de Hustones was built on the site of an ancient Cistercian abbey. The family also acquired a substantial barony near Whitburn, West Lothian, where Huston House, which was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, still stands today. Sir Patrick Hustone of that Ilk, who was probably the eleventh chief, married Agnes Campbell of Ardkinglas. Sixteenth and seventeenth centuries During the Anglo-Scottish Wars, Sir Peter Huston f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston (given Name)
Houston is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Houston Alexander (born 1972), American mixed martial artist * Houston Antwine (1939–2011), American football player *Houston A. Baker Jr. (born 1943), American scholar * Houston Bates (born 1991), American football player * Houston Boines (1918–1970), American singer *Houston Branch (1899–1968), American screenwriter * Houston Bright (1916–1970), American composer * Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855–1927), British-German writer * Houston Collisson (1865–1920), Irish priest * Houston Davis (1914–1987), American composer *Houston Fancher (born 1966), American basketball coach * Houston I. Flournoy (1929–2008), American politician * Houston French (1853–1932), British Army officer *Houston Gaines (born 1995), American politician * Houston Gwin (1876–1958), American football player * Houston Harte (1893–1972), American newspaper editor * Houston Hogg (1948–2020), American football player *Houston Jiménez (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston (surname)
Houston is a surname of Scottish origin, from the place called Houston, Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. In Old English, the name Houston, meant the settlement belonging to Hugh. People with the surname "Houston" include A *Alasdair Houston, English biologist * Alexander Houston (1865–1933), Scottish policy expert *Allan Houston (born 1971), American basketball player * Amanda Houston (born 1980), British weather presenter * Andrew Houston (other), multiple people * Andy Houston (born 1970), American stock car racer * Angus Houston (born 1947), Australian air marshal B *Barry Houston (born 1970), American professional wrestler * Bill Houston (other), multiple people *Bob Houston (1877–1954), Scottish footballer * Bobbie Houston (born 1957), New Zealand-Australian pastor * Bobby Houston (other), multiple people * Brad Houston, American ice hockey coach * Brian Houston (born 1954), New Zealand-Australian pastor * Byron Houston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston influenced many singers in popular music, and was known for her powerful, soulful vocals and vocal improvisation skills. She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, from "Saving All My Love for You" in 1985 to "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in 1988. Houston enhanced her popularity upon entering the movie industry. Her recordings and films generated both great success and controversy. She received numerous accolades throughout her career and posthumously, including two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 16 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and 28 Guinness World Records, as well as induction into the Grammy, Rhythm and Blues Music, and Rock and Roll halls of fame. Houston began singing in chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Houston
Samuel Houston (, ; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played an important role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two individuals to represent Texas in the United States Senate. He also served as the sixth governor of Tennessee and the seventh governor of Texas, the only individual to be elected governor of two different states in the United States. Born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, Houston and his family migrated to Maryville, Tennessee, when Houston was a teenager. Houston later ran away from home and spent about three years living with the Cherokee, becoming known as Raven. He served under General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, and after the war, he presided over the removal of many Cherokee from Tennessee. With the support of Jackson and others, Houston won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1823. He strongly supported ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston, Renfrewshire
Houston ( ; sco, Houstoun), is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Houston lies within the Gryffe Valley on the banks of the River Gryffe north-west of Paisley and is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Houston and Killellan, which covers the neighbouring village of Crosslee and a number of smaller settlements in the villages' rural hinterland. The village grew around a 16th-century castle and parish church dedicated to Saint Peter, which gave the area its former name of Kilpeter ("''Cille Pheadair''" in Scottish Gaelic). The present-day old village dates mainly back to the 18th century and was a planned community, replacing earlier buildings. Historically, the economy was based around agriculture and, in common with a number of other Renfrewshire villages, cotton weaving. The old village was designated as a conservation area in 1968. From the middle of the 20th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston, British Columbia
Houston ( ) is a forestry, mining and tourism town in the Bulkley Valley of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its urban population is approximately 3600 people, with approximately 2000 in the surrounding rural area. It is known as the " steelhead capital" and it has the world's largest fly fishing rod. Houston's tourism industry is largely based on ecotourism and Steelhead Park, situated along Highway 16. Houston is named in honour of the pioneer newspaperman John Houston. History The Morice area was first charted by amateur historian, cartographer and geologist, Reverend Adrien-Gabriel Morice (1859-1938) known to northern British Columbian locals as "Father Morice." In 1880, Morice came to British Columbia as a Catholic missionary to the native people and was one of the first 'white men' to see most of the area. Morice wrote, ''The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia (formerly New Caledonia) 660 to 1880'. The Indigenous people we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Street (other)
Houston Street may refer to: Streets: * Houston Street, former street in Augusta, Georgia * Houston Street, New York, New York * Houston Street (Dallas), Dallas, Texas * Houston Street (San Antonio), San Antonio, Texas * Houston Street (Savannah, Georgia) Stations of the New York City Subway and its predecessors: * Houston Street (IND Second Avenue Line) * Houston Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) *Houston Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line) * Houston Street (IRT Third Avenue Line) See also *Houston Street Ferry * Houston Street Line (other) *Houston (other) Houston is the largest city in the U.S.'s State of Texas. Houston may also refer to: Places United States * Houston, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Houston, Alaska, a city * Houston, Arkansas, a town * Houston, Delaware, a town * H ... * Houston station (other) * Huston Street {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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