Part of the state's tradition of cowboys is derived from the massive cattle drives which its ranchers organized in the nineteenth century to drive livestock to railroads and markets. The first railroad to operate in Texas was the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway, opening in August 1853...
Henry Israels the husband of Belle Linder whose firm worked on several buildings including the Hudson Theatre, Arlington Hotel and Warrington Hotel in New York and who as a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Municipal Art Society wrote for the New York Herald and other paper...