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

"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)

"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)

"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

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

"The Lone Star has been joined by numerous flags over Texas," Betty T. Chapman, January 28-February 3, 2000

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

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

"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

"Earl the evacuated bison was first attraction at Houston Zoo," Betty T. Chapman, November 18-24, 2005 (originally published on November 12-18, 1999)

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

"Disease, health hazards drew pioneers of Texas medicine," Betty T. Chapman, April 7-13, 2006 (originally published on August 8-14, 1997)

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