Thursday, August 21, 2008

FYI



Allen's Landing, the myth of Houston's founding, is a fake.

[Researcher] Wagner asked Charlie Lansden, the director of Houston's mid-century "Community Betterment Division", about the matter. He'd worked to make Allen's Landing a city park.

Where did you find that name? Wagner asked him.

We made it up, he replied. It sounded better than "the old port."



via chron

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