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Coming to Houston: 170 Years of Migration
Allen brothers, Augustus Allen, Brazos River, Buffalo Bayou, Captain James A. Baker, Charlotte Allen, Dominique de Menil, Freedmans Town, George Fields, Gerald Hines, Houston Ship Channel, John Allen, John de Menil, Joseph Cullinan, Lovett, migration, Mother of Houston, Reverend Jack Yates, Robert Scott Lovett, Shell oil, South William H. Keller, Spindle top, Third Ward, Westward migration, White Oak Bayou, William Fairfax Gray