On this day in 1836, The Allen Brothers purchased land along
Buffalo Bayou, officially founding the City of Houston. Today is Houston’s
birthday. Houston was founded in 1836 by the Allen Brothers. The two brothers
took a boat down Buffalo Bayou as far as they could and founded the city there.
John Kirby Allen was a representative in the first Congress of the Republic of
Texas. He was able to successfully lobby to make Houston the capital of the
Republic of Texas and have it named after Sam Houston. Houston would move on to
become the fastest growing city of the 20th century in America. It
was still a small town in 1901 when oil was found in Beaumont. Houston
is a great city and I am very happy to celebrate its 179th birthday.
Happy belated Birthday Houston!
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