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76 Sibley, Marilyn McAdams, The Port of Houston: A History (University of Texas 1968), 129
77 http://wwww.tuskegee.edu
78 Webb, Walter Prescott, The Hand Book of Texas (Texas State Historical Assn. 1952), Vol. 2, 813-14
79 Field trip with George Donehoo, 2008
80 www.pgatour.com
81 www.springbranchisd.org
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1 www.uh.edu
2 www.usx.com/
3 Wallingford, Sharon, Fort Bend County Texas: A Pictorial History (Fort Bend Publishing Group 1996), 159
4 Fieldtrip, 2001
5 www.unclebens.com
6 http://www.unityhouston.org
7 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “,” http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/UU/kcu29.html
8 Field trip, 2009
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10 http://www.geocities.com
11 Webb, Walter Prescott, The Hand Book of Texas (Texas Historical Assn. 1952), Vol. 2, 826
12 von der Mehden, Fred R., The Ethnic Groups of Houston (Rice University Studies 1984), 167
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8 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “VELASCO, TX,” http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/VV/hvv7.html
9 www.vassar.edu
10 Field trip, 2001
11 Laffin, John, Brassey’s Dictionary of Batttes: 3,500 Years Of Conflict, Campaigns and Wars (Barnes & Noble Books 1986), 448-9
12 http://www.new-orleans.la.us
13 Shorten, Sister Wilfred, Interview 2000
14 www.villanova.edu
15 Webb, Walter Prescott, The Hand Book of Texas (Texas State Historical Assn. 1952), Vol. 2, 844
16 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “VELASCO, TX,” http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/VV/rtv1.html
17 Upchurch, Lessie, Welcome to Tomball: A History of Tomball, Texas (D. Armstrong 1976), 32-3
18 Webb, Walter Prescott, The Hand Book of Texas (Texas Historical Assn. 1952), Vol. 2, 845
19 Upchurch, Lessie, Welcome to Tomball: A History of Tomball, Texas (D. Armstrong Co. 1995), 36
20 Houston Metropolitan Research Center Files, Houston Public Library
21 Miller, Mary Catherine Farrington, Interview 2001
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4 Pomeroy, C. David Jr., Pasadena: The Early Years (Pomerosa Press 1993), 41, 43, 46
5 www.wakeforest.edu
6 http://www.fortbendisd.com
7 Wood, Jerry, Interview 2001
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9 “WALLER, TX.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
10 “WALLER, EDWIN, JR.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
11 Webb, Walter Prescott, The Hand Book of Texas (Texas State Historical Assn. 1952), Vol. 2, 858
12 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “,” http://www.tshaon-line.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/rbw23.html
13 “WALNUT CREEK.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
14 Wallingford, Sharon, Fort Bend County Texas: A Pictorial History (Fort Bend Publishing Group 1996), 52
15 www.horse-racing.net
16 Baytown Sun, May 13, 1996
17 Kimball, Mary Holt, et al, The Heritage of North Harris County (American Association of University Women 1977), 54
18 http://co.chambers.tx.us
19 Houston Post, January 4, 1954
20 Sargent Bush Jr., “Irving, Washington,” World Book Online Americas Edition, http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com
21 “WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS, TX.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
22 Houston Chronicle, January 30, 2009
23 http://www.watergatemarina.com
24 Laffin, John, Brassey’s Dictionary of Battles: 3,500 Years Of Conflict, Campaigns and Wars (Barnes & Noble Books 1986), 459-61
25 Dupont, Ivon, Interview 2002
26 Sam Houston Park Memorial & Wood, Jerry, Interview 2001
27 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “,” http://www.tshaon-line.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hvw22.html
28 Beverly, Trevia Wooster and Holland, Wybra Wooster, e-mail 2009
29 Webb, Walter Prescott, The Hand Book of Texas (Texas Historical Assn. 1952), Vol. 2, 875
30 Houston and Harris County Facts – Houston Public Library - Texas Room
31 Fieldtrip, 2001 & City Directory 1955
32 Pace, Randle, interview 2001 and Robert A. Welch Foundation, interview 2001
33 http://www.wellsfargohistory.com
34 Begeman, June A., Stepping Back ln Time: History of West University Place, (D. Armstrong 1999), 74
35 www.wesleyan.eduand 1935 city map
36 http://www.accessgenealogy.com
37 Old Houston maps
38 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “,” http://www.tshaon-line.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hgw3.html
39 http://www.usma.edu
40 http://ww.visitwestranch.com
41 http://www.deerpark.org
42 Houghton, Dorothy Knox Howe, Interview 2002
43 “WESTFIELD, TX.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
44 Houston Chronicle, February 23, 1949 & July 8, 1951
45 River Oaks Property Owners Association, Interview & Records
46 Field trip, 1959
47 Pace, Randy, Interview 2001
48 Pulleine, Imogene, e-mail 2002
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50 “WHARTON, WILLIAM HARRIS.” The Handbook of Texas Online,
51 http://www.lib.udel.edu
52 Houghton, Dorothy Knox Howe, et al, Houston’s Forgotten Heritage: Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 1824-1914 (Rice University Press 1991), 32
53 Dawson, Dwight, e-mail 2008
54 Doolittle, Bill, The Kentucky Derby: Run for the Roses (Time Life Books 1998), 163
55 Webb, Walter Prescott, The Hand Book of Texas (Texas State Historical Assn. 1952), Vol. 2, 894
56 Old Sixth Ward Reporter, December, 1979, 2
57 Henson, Margaret Sweet, The History of Baytown (Bay Area Heritage Society 1986), 15-116
58 Field trip, 1959
59 River Oaks Times, September 10, 1948
60 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “,” http://www.tshaon-line.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hrw83.html
61 http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/veterans
62 www.annawilding.com/tennis/
63 Macon, N. Don, Mr. John H. Freeman and Friends: A Story of the Texas Medical Center and How It Began (Texas Medical Center 1973), 57-63
64 Houston Chronicle, December 24, 1983
65 “MONT BELVIEU, TX.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
66 Henson, Margaret Sweet, The History of Baytown (Ba
y Area Heritage Society 1986), 46-7
67 Webb, Walter Prescott, The Hand Book of Texas (Texas Historical Assn. 1952), Vol. 2, 915
68 http://www.co.harris.tx.us
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70 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “,” http://www.tshaon-line.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hjw12.html
71 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “WILLOW, TX,” http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/hvw56.html
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74 River Oaks Property Owners Association, Interview & Records
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77 “WILSON, JAMES THEODORE DUDLEY.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
78 Garraty, John A. Editor, Encyclopedia of American Biography (Harper & Row 1974), 1214-7
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80 Field trip, 1959
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82 Jard, Michael J., photograph of a sign at Winkler and Galveston Road, 2009
83 Baines, Mrs. W. M., Houston’s Part in the World War (1919)
84 Field trip, 1973
85 Herridge, Karen, Spring Branch Heritage (Wakebrook Press 1998), 24
86 Daigle, Chris, e-mail 2006
87 Herridge, Karen, Spring Branch Heritage (Wakebrook Press 1998), 24
88 Pomeroy, C. David Jr., Pasadena: The Early Years (Pomerosa Press 1993), 30, 38
89 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. “,” http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/hdt3.html
90 Houston Post, March 2, 1935
91 “THE WOODLANDS, TX.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
92 http://en.wikipedia.com
93 Detering, Deborah, Interview 2001
94 Miller, Mary Catherine Farrington, Interview 2001
95 www.skyscraper.org
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97 eclecticesoterica.com
98 http://www.accessgenealogy.com
99 “KATY, TX.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
100 Henson, Margaret Sweet, The History of Baytown (Bay Area Heritage Society 1986), 70
101 Houghton, Dorothy Knox Howe, et al, Houston’s Forgotten Heritage: Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 1824-1914 (Rice University Press 1991), 324
102 Texas Historical Marker, 103 Midway, Spring
103 http://www.wyattearp.net
104 www.andrewwyeth.com
105 http://www.katyprairie.org
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1 Encyclopedia Britannica (1952), Volume 13, 837-8
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1 Agatha, Sister M., The History of Houston Heights: 1891-1918 (Premier Publishing 1956), 18
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3 Http://www.texgenweb2.org
4 http://www.ymcahouston.org/vic-coppinger/
5 Field trip, 2009
6 Houston Post , Apri l7, 1951
7 Texas Historical Marker, Humble Cemetery, S. Houston at Isaacks, Humble, erected 1992
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1 Kimball, Mary Holt, et al, The Heritage of North Harris County (American Association of University Women 1977), 58
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3 Zindler, Marvin, e-mail 2001
4 http://www.ziontomball.org
5 Houston Chronicle, July 24, 1980
6 http://www.houstonzoo.org
7 Zuber, Harry, Interview 2005
SIDEBAR INDEX
The Bellaire Tree Street Names 14
Our City’s Birth Certificate 19
The Bellaire Streets Named for Women 20
Houston Streets Named for Men Killed During World War I 22-23
Houston Streets with the Best Architecture 24
Politicians, Streets and Mayoral Elections 30
Houston Streets That Have Change Names 35
Houston Streets with Humorous Names 40
Now That’s a Spicy Meatball 57
Houston’s Germanic Heritage 60
Houston Streets Named for Other Towns 66
Streets Named for Patron Saints 67
“Parents Offered Names for Children from City Street Surplus Lists 71
The Fake Streets of Houston 79
“Red Flag” Subdivisions 81
Houston’s Best Street Intersections 90
Houston Streets with Aggressive Names 94
“Texas Heroes Names for Houston Streets Urged in 72 Proposed Changes” 96
Mayor Oscar Holcombe’s Revenge 97
Honorary Street Markers 101
Neighborhoods with Interesting Stories 104
Space City U.S.A. or “Houston the Eagle Has Landed” 106
Let’s Go to a Track and Field Meet 107
My How Things Have Changed or West University Place Gets Stop Signs 110
Starry Night 111
Do You Have to Own an Expensive Import Car to Live Here? 112
Honoring Native Americans in Baytown 114
Houaton Streets Associated with Cemeteries 117
Antebellum Streets of River Plantation 122
Learn a Foreign Language on Your Morning Walk 125
Fairbanks Could Have Its Own Concours D’ Elegance and Road Rally 140
“Boulevard of Hundreds of Benefits” 166
All Things English 175
America the Beautiful 176
Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez (Let the Good Time Roll 188
Odd and Interesting Facts About Our Streets 202
It’s Music to My Ears 218
My How WE Have Grown 231
Mayor Bob and His Beloved Roses 234
The Great Texas Department of Transportation Mileage Gap Mystery 239
Our Historic Curbside Ceramic Tile Street Markers 249
Southampton’s English Streets 255-256
Brazoria County’s Old Plantation Streets and Roads 258
Howdy Tex 263
Buon Giorno, Let’s Visit Italia 268
Wedding Bells in the Woodlands 276
Pirates of the Caribbean 280
Rules Concerning Public Street Names 286
Gone with the Wind Too Far 303
The Most Scenic Spots in Texas 310
A Neighborhood for Linksters 318
Bali Hai May Call you 322
Typical Street Classifications 345
Why Historic Galveston Has So Few Streets Named for Famous Citizens 346
Tennis or Golf, Anyone? 348
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS & CREDITS
Airport post card – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 12
Alief O. Magee tombstone – Marks Hinton 13
Allen Parkway aerial photo – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 13
John Kirby Allen portrait – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 13
Anita McIlhenny tombstone – Marks Hinton 17
Houston Water Works – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 21
Old Red at UTMB Galveston – Marks Hinton 21
Stephen F. Austin portrait – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 25
Benjamin F.Terry tombstone – Marks Hinton 27
Baker Street sign – Marks Hinton 29
Decimus et Ultimus B
arziza tombstone – Marks Hinton 32
Surrender Oak at San jacinto Battleground – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 33
Samuel Damon tombstone – Marks Hinton 36
Bell’s Landing historical marker – Marks Hinton 39
Betty Boop Street sign – Marks Hinton 41
Binz Building – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 42
Flamingo Isle sign – Marks Hinton 44
Bluewater Highway – Marks Hinton 44
Boling Historical Mural – Marks Hinton 46
Boliver Lighthouse – Marks Hinton 46
Lester Moore tombstone – Marks Hinton 47
Old Booth School – Marks Hinton 47
Brown Street sign – Marks Hinton 53
Old Capitol of Texas – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 62
O. M. Carter – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 64
George Washington Carver – Library of Congress 64
Arm of Stonewall Jackson – Marks Hinton 68
Bob and Maxine Moore – Chinquapin School 72
James Collingsworth Historical Marker – Marks Hinton 76
Miller Theater – Marks Hinton 78
Captain Isaac Conroe tombstone – Marks Hinton 80
Courtlandt Place – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 83
Davy Crockett – Library of Congress 84
Crystal Beach Water Tower – Marks Hinton 85
Hugh Roy Cullen – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 86
Bohemia – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 87
Gail Borden – Wikipedia 87
Abraham Darst Historical Marker – Marks Hinton 91
W. K. Davis Tombstone – Marks Hinton 92
Kezia Payne DePelchin – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 95
Dick Dowling – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 99
Dorothy Hood Honorary Street Marker – Marks Hinton 101
Herbert Dunlavy Obituary – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 102
Grain Elevators – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 108
Elissa – Marks Hinton 109
Reda Bland Evans Street sign – Marks Hinton 113
Exxon Road Street sign – Marks Hinton 114
James Walker Fannin – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 116
Boliver Ferry – Marks Hinton 118
Annette Finnigan – Houston Metropolitan Research Center 119
Fondren Family Gravesite – Marks Hinton 121
