The Port of Houston : : A History /

The Port of Houston : : A History / / Marilyn Mcadams Sibley.

Sam Houston's army reached Buffalo Bayou on April 18, 1836, and the ensuing Battle of San Jacinto called attention to the "meandering stream" as a link between the interior of sprawling Texas and the sea. Early in Texas history, the waterway that would one day be known as the Houston...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Sibley, Marilyn Mcadams,
MitwirkendeR:
Haden, W. D.,
Henderson, E. H.,
Pruett, R. H.,
Tellepsen, Howard T.,
Wells, W. C.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1968
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (294 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustrations
  • I. A Port Fifty Miles from the Sea
  • II. The Rio Buffalo: "A Beautifully Meandering River"
  • III. "The Great Interior Commercial Emporium''
  • IV. The Coming of the Railroads
  • V. Commodore Morgan and the Octopus of the Gulf
  • VI. The Drive for Deep Water
  • VII. Deep-Water Jubilee
  • VIII. Reaching for the Sea
  • IX. "A Channel Parvenu"
  • X. First of Houston's Seven Wonders
  • Appendix A: Members of City Harbor Board
  • Appendix B: Navigation and Canal Commissioners
  • Appendix C: Trade Statistics, 1961-1965
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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