HISTORY
In 1921, the first Harris County Public Library opened at the Harrisburg School in Harrisburg, where students could access free books. (Courtesy Harris County Public Library)
Harris County Public Library system honored on 100-year anniversary
According to the Katy Heritage Society, at 177 feet tall, the J.V. Cardiff & Sons rice dryer was the tallest in the country when it opened in 1966. (Courtesy Cardiff Rice Dryer)
Historic Katy rice dryer to be restored; Conroe shelter accused of abuse and more top Houston-area news
The passage of time in Meyerland brought a row of tall trees to a segment of South Rice Avenue between Runnymeade Drive and South Braeswood Boulevard. (Photos courtesy Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Savannah Kuchar/Community Impact Newspaper)
Residents, community leaders reflect on 65-year history of Meyerland
(From right) JD Doyle, Sara Fernandez and Kirk Baxter are the founders of The Banner Project. (Courtesy Kirk Baxter)
Traveling installation tells the story of Houston’s LGBTQ history
The text of General Order No. 3, which Gordon Granger issued from Galveston in June 1865 to explicitly liberate enslaved Black Texans, runs across the bottom of the mural. (Colleen Ferguson/Community Impact Newspaper)
‘I am filled’: Houston-Galveston area celebrates first Juneteenth as federal holiday
Black History in Houston: Explore sites, neighborhoods, moments, resources to know
This will be the 43rd annual event known as the nation’s original MLK Day parade sanctioned by Martin Luther King Sr. in 1978. (Courtesy Black Heritage Society)
Houston’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade goes virtual for 2021 event
Volunteers Hunter Pyle and Eddie Pierce, along with missionaries from the Church of Jesus Chirst of Latter-Day Saints, kept the wood chipper going all day to fill the dumpster. (Courtesy John Meredith)
Volunteers make progress restoring historic Black cemetery in Conroe
Texas Medical Center
For 75 years, Houston builds Texas Medical Center into a 'powerhouse'
Myer-Hall House Good Brick Tour
Good Brick Tour offers virtual visits of historic homes, Esperson buildings
A 1920s home in Boulevard Oaks is undergoing renovations under the supervision of Houston’s historic preservation law, which first took effect in 1995. (Matt Dulin/Community Impact Newspaper)
After 25 years, Houston's historic preservation law faces Supreme Court test
Staff members will lead virtual tours in real time at The Alamo. (Courtesy The Alamo)
Remember the Alamo through virtual tours
The Smithsonian Institution operates a number of museums in Washington, D.C. The most recent one built is the National Museum of African American History and Culture, pictured here. (Courtesy Smithsonian Institution)
Sen. John Cornyn's Smithsonian museum for American Latinos bill passes House vote
Locals support Black Lives Matter on June 2. (Nola Z. Valente/Community Impact Newspaper)
Q&A: Houston area expert speaks on institutionalized racism, racial trauma, protests
Union General Gordon Granger came to Galveston in 1865 to announce the liberation of enslaved people in Texas; a nine-foot-tall statue of Granger is visible when driving along Broadway Avenue J, one of Galveston’s busiest streets. (Graphic by Justin Howell/Community Impact Newspaper)
National Juneteenth holiday has Houston-Galveston roots
confederate statues in Houston
Houston will remove two confederate statues from city parks by June 19