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A steamboat, named ARIEL, became the first steamboat on Texas water.
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The brothers, John Kirby and Agustus Chapman Allen laid the town of Houston as the head of navigation on Buffalo Bayou.
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The city fathers established the Port of Houston.
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Albermarle's Corporation was founded, becoming the leading global producer of polymer solutions.
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Oil discovered in Corsicana, Texas.
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Pasadena was founded by a native of Georgia, Col. John H. Burnett.
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J. E. Pomeroy came to Pasadena when the area had only R. M. Guinn's post office.
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Joseph Stephen Cullinan formed a Texas company, used mainly for storage and transportation of oil; the company was marketed under the name of Texaco.
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Joseph Cullinan aquired new oil leases, relocating Texaco headquarters.
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The founder of Texaco, Joseph Stephen Cullinan, moved his company to Houston, he purchased 200 acres in nearby Pasadena.
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Pasadena soil began yielding lucious straberries, figs, oranges, as well as vegetation.
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The Houston Ship Channel was now dredged to a depth of 25 feet.
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Crown was the first refinery to be located in Pasadena.
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The Sinclair ( now ARCO ), Texaco, and Crown companies built refineries in the area.
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The citizens of Pasadena had now voted to incorporate.
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The citizens voted to dissincorporate.
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Pasadena was still a straberry industry.
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The citizens finally decided to incorporate.
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The total number of permits was almost $19 Million.
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( Building permits had doubled since the 1945 ). This year's permits totaled $7 Million.
