History

In the 1940s a spare room on the fifth floor of the United States Supreme Court building was converted to a workout area.

Though Willie Mae Thornton, better known as “Big Mama Thornton,” was born in Montgomery, Alabama, it was in Houston that her career took off.

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Lauren Anderson fell in love with ballet at the age of 6 after seeing “The Nutcracker.

For two decades, Houstonian Barbara Jordan was a leading presence for the Democratic Party, paving the way for African-American women in Congress.

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Philanthropist Ima Hogg, most often called Miss Ima, was a lifelong patron of the arts, beginning to play piano at the age of three.

Black Friday is dedicated to the freshest deals of the holiday season.

In 1922, Niels Esperson, an oil tycoon who called Houston home, died suddenly of a heart attack while on a business trip to Chicago.

Home Bank and Stonehenge Community Development partnered to fund the restoration of the historic Dew Drop Inn, which recently broke ground and kicked off construction.

While the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation established in 2013, the heart of the foundation goes back decades.

The Houston Coalition for the Homeless is celebrating 40 years of providing services and aid to the homeless population and the community in Houston and surrounding areas.

In 1965, the Astrodome opened its doors, and Judy Garland was the first artist to perform in the arena.

The oldest building in Houston is the Kellum-Noble House built ten years after the city was founded.

Houston is home the state’s oldest public park, Emancipation Park.

Almost 30 years ago, seven African American artists bought 22 rundown houses in Houston’s Third Ward, recognizing the potential to turn derelict homes into a positive, transformative space.

The Akokisa were an indigenous tribe that settled along the Galveston Bay and lower Trinity and San Jacinto rivers making up the present-day Greater Houston area.

Do you know of the time when the Astros had a game in the Astrodome rained out, despite no water touching the field?

While it’s another city in Texas that’s known for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, did you know he spent his final night in Houston?

Since Texas has been a part of the United States of America, Austin has been its lone capital.

Houston loves being America’s Space City now, but do you know just how close it came to not having NASA’s Johnson Space Center in town?When NASA was approved to build a new crewed spaceflight laboratory, there were 23 sites considered.

Tradition is important – especially as we wrap up this most unconventional year – and Houston has some magnificent holiday stories to tell.

In 2004, Houston got its first Christmas Eve snow in history, after an arctic front blasted through southeast Texas and brought freezing temperatures with it.

The USS Battleship Texas launched in May 1912 and served through both World Wars before being declared a museum ship in 1948.

The Alley Theatre is Texas’ oldest, and one of America’s leading, nonprofit theatre companies.

Where were you Labor Day weekend, 1989? If you were in Houston, chances are you or someone you know were among the 120,000 who attended “The Biggest Party in History” at the Astrodome.

Just an hour drive from Houston sits Washington-on-the-Brazos, “The birthplace of Texas.”

Though better known for space and Tex-Mex, Houston also contributed to the burgeoning hip-hop scene beginning in the 1980s.

In 1949, oil tycoon Glenn McCarthy opened the $21 million Shamrock Hotel. To ensure maximum publicity, McCarthy invited 2,000 guests, including reporters, Hollywood royalty and the mayor of Houston.