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HISTORY
CLOSEST FREEWAYS: I-10, I-45, & I-610
APPROXIMATE POPULATION: 1,786,691
The settlement John Harris started here in 1826 became known
as Harrisburg. Ten years later, Mexican General Antonio Lopez
de Santa Anna tore through town, destroying everything in his
wake.
Seeing its potential, Augustus and John Allen, brother land
speculators, started a new settlement that same year and named
it after General Sam Houston who had defeated Santa Anna at the
Battle of San Jacinto. The discovery of petroleum in 1901 and
the completion of the Houston Ship Channel in 1914 added greatly
to its growth.
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CLOSEST FREEWAYS: I-10, I-45, & I-610 APPROXIMATE POPULATION: 1,786,691 The settlement John Harris started here in 1826 became known as Harrisburg. Ten years later, Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna tore through town, destroying everything in his wake. Seeing its potential, Augustus and John Allen, brother land speculators, started a new settlement that same year and named it after General Sam Houston who had defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. The discovery of petroleum in 1901 and the completion of the Houston Ship Channel in 1914 added greatly to its growth. |