Houston Travel
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Building Big Business and Better Lives from the Bayous
Houston travel reveals a city that only people with great insight would have chosen to be a future center of commerce, industry and the good life. In a Gulf Coast environment similar to nearby Louisiana and the city of New Orleans, the land was barely above sea level, crisscrossed with bayous and the swamps they created. The area’s position on the map also made it a target of many hurricanes, which is still the case today.
Despite these seemingly insurmountable challenges, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, two brothers and New York real estate developers, had the great insight needed to found Houston. Their Houston travel began when they landed at the spot where White Oak Bayou and Buffalo Bayou joined. They then purchased more than 6,600 acres during 1836; the same year Texans won their independence from Mexico.
Just 4 months earlier, General Sam Houston led the Texan army at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto and captured the Mexican General Santa Ana, who was also the president of Mexico. The battle site is in nearby La Porte, Texas, just outside Houston. The Allen brothers decided to honor General Houston by naming the city they hoped to build after him. Less than a year later, the Texas legislature incorporated the settlement and designated it as the new republic’s temporary capital.
Even with this recognition, Houston was barely more than a street or two with a few houses and small stores; and, like many Texas towns, following independence, was prone to lawlessness, which made it unattractive to families and businesspeople. The few entrepreneurs who were trying to develop commerce in Houston took action, however, and by 1840, this backwater village started moving forward. The Texas Congress took the first step to make Houston a shipping port when it provided funds during 1842 to dredge Buffalo Bayou.
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