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The Port Of Houston
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Author : Marilyn Mcadams Sibley
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-12-06
The Port Of Houston written by Marilyn Mcadams Sibley and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-06 with History categories.
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 Ship Channel evoked dreams in the minds of the enterprising. How these dreams became realities that surpassed all expectation is the subject of Marilyn McAdams Sibley's The Port of Houston: A History. It is the story of the growth of an unlikely inland port situated at a "tent city" that many Texans thought would die young. It proves, as an early visitor to Houston noted, that future greatness depends not so much on location of port or town as on an enterprising population. Controversy between dreamers and promoters is a large part of the story. Was Houston or Harrisburg the head of navigation? Was the shallow stream valuable enough to the nation to warrant the costly deep-water dredging? Was Houston or Galveston to command the trade where land and water meet? As the issues were settled, Houston had spread out to overtake Harrisburg; deep water was achieved in 1914 and was celebrated by ceremonies in which the President of the United States played a part; and Galveston grew into a self-contained island metropolis while Houston became, in the words of Sibley, "the perennial boom town of twentieth-century Texas." As the Port of Houston continued to grow into a multi-billion-dollar institution serving and served by the cotton, wheat, oil, and space industries, its full economic impact on the city of Houston, the state, and the nation cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. But a glance at the trade statistics in the Appendix alone will give some idea of the world-wide value of this thriving port. The many interesting illustrations accompanying Mrs. Sibley's story show in graphic terms the growth of a small town on a stream "of a very inconvenient size;—not quite narrow enough to jump over, a little too deep to wade through without taking off your shoes" into an international complex through which almost $4 billion in cargo passed in its fiftieth-anniversary year.
The Port Of Houston Texas
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
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Port Of Houston The
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Author : Mark Lardas
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013
Port Of Houston The written by Mark Lardas and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 127).
The Port Of Houston Texas
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Author : United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
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The Houston Port Book
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949
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The Port Of Houston Texas
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Author : United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949
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Sheer Will
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Author : David H. Falloure
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-04-28
Sheer Will written by David H. Falloure and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-28 with Harbors categories.
In the mud and surrounded by snakes and alligators, the city of Houston was born. The umbilical cord that would feed its economic prosperity for the future started along the swamps and would navigate a slow meandering river with an uncertain future. Sheer Will by definition not only describes the change in direction of ships, as ships did to open Texas to global trade. Sheer Will describes those that came before us to bring vision and clarity to an uncertain future. Through efforts of people like George Graham, Nicholas Clopper, Charles Morgan, Thomas Ball, Baldwin Rice, and Jesse Jones, the region and the state have become an irreplaceable economic engine for our nation as the energy capital of the world. David Falloure gives the reader a taste of our rich history of those leaders with clear vision and true grit for big ideas. Our history has been filled, and always will be filled, with the "big" challenges that need big ideas and bold leaders. Those that have preceded us have risen to the challenges that run the gamut from wars to storms with the never ending drone of naysayers, but our history is also filled with people of vision and determination to take on history-bending challenges that left us the busiest port in the United States and the economic legacy we enjoy today. Now as then, the challenges to commerce, create jobs and protect where we live have not changed from those that were faced over one hundred years ago. But Sheer Will provides a glimpse of the grit needed to repeat the success we enjoy today. --Leonard Waterworth. -- Back cover.
The Port Of Houston
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Author : Marilyn McAdams Sibley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968-04
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The Port Of Houston Texas
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language : en
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Release Date : 1989
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A Brief Description Of The Houston Ship Channel And Port Of Houston Texas
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Author : Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
A Brief Description Of The Houston Ship Channel And Port Of Houston Texas written by Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Harbors categories.