Around the Region Table of Contents 13.2 By Houston History Magazine on July 13, 2016 in Arts & Culture, Communities, Education, Food, Museums Download the full pdf. Vol. 13, No. 2 (Spring 2016) Letter from the Editor by Editor-in-Chief Joseph A. Pratt 2 Home in the Pines: Creating the Woodlands By George T. Morgan, Jr. and John O. King with Joseph A. Pratt 8 Houston: Becoming the Ranch House City By Stephen James 13 The Bryan Museum: History in History A Conversation with J. P. Bryan and Chris Cookson 20 First Providence, then Prosperity: A Brief History of Beaumont’s Rice Culture By Denise Gomez 25 Katy: West Houston Wonder By James E. Thornock 30 A Quest Into the World of Rennies By Taylor Mankin 34 Houstonians In Time: The Rise, Decline, and Rebirth of the Cullen Rifles By James Wang 39 From the Archives The First Decade of the University of Houston Creative Writing Program, 1979-1989 By Mary Manning 42 News and Books 44 Endnotes Follow Beaumont Rice, Bryan Museum, Creative Arts Program, Katy, Ranch House City, texas renaissance festival, the woodlands