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The Founding of Houston: Legal Uncertainties in a Nascent Republic

There was little law before elected government

Jan 13 • Jon Boyd

Founding of Houston: The "Book of Sales"

Jan 9 • Jon Boyd

The Founding of Houston: Site Selection

The fourth site's a charm

Jan 6 • Jon Boyd

The Founding of Houston: Thesis

With A Historiography of Nineteenth-Century Houston

Jan 2 • Jon Boyd

Ancient Rome Did Not Have Sprawl

Are "sprawl" and "suburbia" identical in meaning?

Dec 30, 2025 • Jon Boyd

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