Newsclippings from Houston Business Journal's "Houston Heritage" column regarding various topics of Houston and Texas History. Included are the following articles:

"Annexation created dry zone, other oddities in Houston history," Garvin Berry, July 29-August 4, 1994

"Bond issues have brought both controversy and improvements," Garvin Berry, December 9-15, 1994

"Hyping Houston: Early boosters stretched the truth in selling city," Betty T. Chapman, April 14-20, 1995

"Powerful politicians pulled strings to make Houston Space City, USA," Betty T. Chapman, June 16-22, 1995

"Houston's early law enforcers had abundance of work to do, Betty T. Chapman, September 20-26, 1996 (reprinted under title "Work was 'wild and woolly' for early law enforcement officers" on May 16-22, 2003)

"Early German settlers forged city's business and social clime," Betty T. Chapman, December 13-19, 1996

"Houstonians have a passion for celebrating city's history," Betty T. Chapman, January 24-30, 1997 (reprinted under same title on August 13-19, 2004)

"Disease, health hazards attracted early pioneers of Texas medicine," Betty T. Chapman, August 8-14, 1997 (reprinted under title "Disease, health hazards drew pioneers of Texas medicine" on April 7-13, 2006, and on January 11-17, 2008)

"Houston's image campaign has echoes of 1915 City Book," Betty T. Chapman, January 30-February 5, 1998 (reprinted under title "Houston City Book started image campaigns in 1915" on January 13-19, 2006, and under title "Original image campaign hailed Houston's virtues in 1915" on January 26-February 1, 2007)

"Houston went through grand awakening in Roaring 20's," Betty T. Chapman, May 22-28, 1998 (reprinted under title "An awakened Houston throbbed with new life in Roaring '20s" on October 7-13, 2005, and under title "Houston boomed with burst of development in Roaring '20s" on August 25-31, 2006)

"Early Spanish land grants planted roots for development of Houston," Betty T. Chapman, June 26-July 2, 1998 (reprinted under same title on July 25-31, 2008)

"Post-war boom of 1940's brought 'dazzling' prosperity to Houston," Betty T. Chapman, November 26-December 2, 1999

"What's in a name? Town titles have mixed origins in Houston," Betty T. Chapman, January 21-27, 2000

"The Lone Star has been joined by numerous flags over Texas," Betty T. Chapman, January 28-February 3, 2000 (reprinted under same title on January 28-February 3, 2008)

"Early Houston a mix of careful planning and blatant promotion," Betty T. Chapman, September 29-October 5, 2000

"Volunteers filled burning need for city's first fire-fighting unit," Betty T. Chapman, January 25-31, 2002

"Houston nicknames come and go in constant quest for true identity," Betty T. Chapman, June 7-13, 2002

"Houston grew into metropolitan giant in go-go 1950s," Betty T. Chapman, February 14-20, 2003

"Modern Houston Fire Department arose from ashes of big 1912 blaze," Betty T. Chapman, April 4-10, 2003 (originally published on August 11-17, 1995)

"Recurring patterns reflected in past decade of heritage columns," Betty T. Chapman, July 25-31, 2003

"Landmark conversion projects help reserve Houston history," Betty T. Chapman, May 28-June 3, 2004

"Diversity transforms disposition of Houston City Council," Betty T. Chapman, February 3-9, 2006

"Texas gained independence on land owned by Irish immigrants," Betty T. Chapman, April 14-20, 2006

"Ambitious brothers gave birth to Houston in newspaper ads," Betty T. Chapman, August 24-30, 2007

"Landmark year of 1928 left lasting mark on landscape," Betty T. Chapman, May 9-15, 2008

"Creative ad by Allen brothers gave birth to city 172 years ago," Betty T. Chapman, August 29-September 4, 2008

"Houston mayors come and go in hotly contested elections," Betty T. Chapman, November 27-December 3, 2009

"Political pressure primed pump to provide city water," Betty T. Chapman, December 11-17, 2009