To Build a City

The founders of Houston could have never imagined the sprawling metropolis that Houston would become when they took a chance and bought a small piece of land next to Buffalo Bayou. This is the brief story of the Allen brothers, Augustus Chapman, John Kirby, and Augustus’s wife, Charlotte Baldwin Allen
Photos courtesy of
Craig Washburn
University of Houston Library
James Glassman
Houston Public Library
WikiCommons
Scott Ehardt
Leijurv
Jason Villanueva
David Daniel Turner
Music by Nashional
Song title: “By and By"