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Mount Houston
Mount Houston is a community in north central Harris County, Texas. It is east of U.S. Highway 59, near the Dyersdale oil field.MOUNT HOUSTON, TX " Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on November 14, 2011. Mount Houston was established along the Houston, East and West Texas Railway. At that time it was away from Houston. A post office opened in 1910. In 1914 Mount Houston had 100 people. It featured several market gardeners. It included two churches, a sawmill, and a lumber company. The post office closed in 1918. By the 1980s Mount Houston did not significantly increase in size. Within of Mount Houston, three schools and three churches had been established. Education Mount Houston is within the Houston Independent School District.Barajas, Erik.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harris County, Texas
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, the largest city in Texas and fourth largest city in the United States. The county was founded in 1836 and organized in 1837. It is named for John Richardson Harris, who founded the town of Harrisburg on Buffalo Bayou in 1826. According to the July 2021 census estimate, Harris County's population has shifted to 4,728,030 comprising over 16% of Texas's population. Harris County is included in the nine-county Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States. History Human remains date habitation to about 4000 BC. Other evidence of humans in the area dates from about 1400 BC, 1 AD, and later in the first millennium. The region became uninhabited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyersdale
Dyersdale is an Unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, United States. The name originates from Clement C. Dyer, one of the "Old Three Hundred" of Stephen F. Austin's colonists.Dyersdale, Texas ''''. Retrieved on July 15, 2011." A post office opened in 1913. In 1914 the community, with 250 residents, had a lumber company. The post office closed in 1917. An oilfield opened in the mid-1930s. In 1936 the community had scattered residences and a school. By 1946 the oilfield was still in production. In the 1980s Dyersdale had an abandoned railroad station, a church, and a trailer park. Education [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handbook Of Texas
The ''Handbook of Texas'' is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Texas geography, history, and historical persons published by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). History The original ''Handbook'' was the brainchild of TSHA President Walter Prescott Webb of The University of Texas history department. It was published as a two-volume set in 1952, with a supplemental volume published in 1976. In 1996, the New Handbook of Texas was published, expanding the encyclopedia to six volumes and over 23,000 articles. In 1999, the Handbook of Texas Online went live with the complete text of the print edition, all corrections incorporated into the handbook's second printing, and about 400 articles not included in the print edition due to space limitations. The handbook continues to be updated online, and contains over 25,000 articles. The online version includes entries on general topics, such as "Texas Since World War II", biographies such as notable Texans Samuel Houston and W. D. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston, East And West Texas Railway
The history of the Southern Pacific stretches from 1865 to 1998. For the main page, see Southern Pacific Transportation Company; for the former holding company, see Southern Pacific Rail Corporation. The Southern Pacific was represented by three railroads. The original company was called Southern Pacific Railroad, the second was called Southern Pacific Company and the third was called Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The third Southern Pacific railroad, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, is now operating as the current incarnation of the Union Pacific Railroad. Origins One of the original ancestor-railroads of SP, the Galveston and Red River Railway (GRR), was chartered on 11 March 1848, by Ebenezer Allen, although the company did not become active until 1852, after a series of meetings at Chappell Hill, Texas, and Houston, Texas. The original aim was to construct a railroad from Galveston Bay to a point on the Red River near a trading post known as Cof ... [...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] |
Houston Independent School District
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas, and the eighth-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities in addition to some unincorporated areas. Like most districts in Texas it is independent of the city of Houston and all other municipal and county jurisdictions. The district has its headquarters in the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center in Houston. In 2016, the school district was rated "met standards" by the Texas Education Agency. History 20th century The Brunner Independent School District merged into Houston schools in 1913-1914. Houston ISD was established in 1923 after the Texas Legislature voted to separate the city's schools from the municipal government. In the 1920s, at the time Edison Oberholtzer was superintendent, Hubert L. Mills, the business manager of the district, had immense politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTRK-TV
KTRK-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, airing programming from the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on Bissonnet Street in Houston's Upper Kirby district.Harris County Improvement District #3 ''Upper Kirby''. Retrieved August 16, 2021. Its transmitter is located near , in northeastern |
North Forest High School
North Forest High School (NFHS) is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. The school is a part of the Houston Independent School District (HISD); it was a part of the North Forest Independent School District (NFISD) until the district closed on July 1, 2013. History Founded in 2008 as a consolidation of Forest Brook High School at 7525 Tidwell Road and M. B. Smiley High School on Mesa Drive, the school was originally located on the campus of the former Forest Brook High School.Mellon, Ericka.North Forest picks name for merged school / Forest Brook, Smiley students now North Forest High BulldogsArchive. ''Houston Chronicle''. Tuesday May 20, 2008. B2. Retrieved August 16, 2009. The Smiley campus was built in 1953, the Oak Village campus was built in 1967, and the Forest Brook campus was built in 1972. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Forest Independent School District
North Forest Independent School District (NFISD) was a school district in northeast Houston, Texas. Established in the early 1920s in a low-income white area, it later became majority-black and black-run. The district had a history of financial and academic issues from the late 1980s until 2013. On July 1, 2013, it was closed by order of the state and absorbed into the Houston Independent School District (HISD). History The district was established sometime around 1923Wray, Dianna. "Everyone Says They Want the Best for North Forest Students, As Long As They Stand to Benefit." ''Houston Press''. Wednesday October 2, 2013. p2 Retrieved on October 8, 2013. as the Northeast Houston Independent School District.Reeves, Kimberly.Administrator Not Surprised to See North Forest ISD Shuttered by State" ''Houston Press''. Friday July 15, 2010. Retrieved on July 18, 2011. It was also named the East and Mount Houston Independent School District. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Houston
East Houston is a community in Houston, Texas, United States. Government and infrastructure The City of Houston Super Neighborhood #49 East Houston opened on August 24, 2000. The United States Postal Service operates the East houston Post Office at 9604 Mesa Drive. In July 2011 the USPS announced that the post office may close.Weisman, Laura.Nine Houston post offices marked for closure (with poll)" ''Houston Chronicle''. July 26, 2011. Retrieved on July 26, 2011. Education The Houston Independent School District serves East Houston.Barajas, Erik.North Forest ISD officially closes today." ''KTRK-TV''. July 1, 2013. Retrieved on July 1, 2013. North Forest High School is the sole zoned high school. Until July 1, 2013, North Forest Independent School District served East Houston; that district was formerly named the East and Mount Houston Independent School District. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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