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Old 07-16-2009, 05:21 AM
 
Location: Katy,TX.
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Old 07-16-2009, 06:17 AM
 
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yes, when the Allen brothers founded the city along the banks of the buffalo bayou they named it Houston after the man that secured our Independence from Mexico just a few miles away at San Jacinto.
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Old 07-16-2009, 07:14 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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It's named after New York City's Houston Street. They pronounce it How-ston and we pronounce it Hyu-ston. We just like to be contrarians down in these parts.

And don't believe the hype. Houston isn't named after Sam Houston. Who's ever heard of naming a city after a famous war hero who happened to be the first president of the newly formed country he helped to liberate? That's just crazy talk.

Houston, Alaska... now, that's a city named after Sam Houston of Texas.
Houston, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 07-16-2009, 07:16 AM
 
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I thought Sam Houston was born in Houston, so they named him after the city.
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Old 07-16-2009, 07:17 AM
 
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No, it's named after Juan Houston who was the first one to bring Tex-Mex to our fair city. Sam Houston changed his name to Houston and tried to take credit for inventing the chimichanga.
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Old 07-16-2009, 07:37 AM
 
Location: Fulshear
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It's named after Whitney Houston...I think everyone knows that by now.
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Old 07-16-2009, 07:47 AM
 
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I thought Sam Houston was born in Houston, so they named him after the city.
Sam Houston was born in VA

After Texas became a country the capital was moved to Houston from West Columbia it eventually ended up in Austin which is named for Stephen F Austin. The man who helped settle Texas by bringing 300 families here.
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Old 07-16-2009, 07:48 AM
 
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You guys are funny, lol.
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Old 07-16-2009, 07:50 AM
 
Location: The Woodlands, TX
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This thread cracks me up...
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Old 07-16-2009, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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What the heck is wrong with you people? Everyone knows that Houston came about when a guy named Sam was doin that wacky weed. His friend, Stephen F, came around and was like, "Oh man . . . You Stoned?" Which to Sam sounded like, "Oh man . . . Youstunned?" Sam couldn't control his laughter at the word "Youstunned". Eventually he built a fort in his back yard and named it "Houston". Though spelled with an "H", he was adamant that it was silent so that it would sound like "You" . . . as in "Youstunned".
The fort only saw Sam and Stephen F in its first months, but then they invited their friend Chuck Norris over. Chuck was so happy to see such a wonderful creation that he roundhouse kicked the small fort into the large metropolis we now know as Houston.

True History.
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