Uncovering Houston Archives - A Curious Histonian

Pinkie Yates

Birth and Family Pinkie Yates was born to Reverend John Henry “Jack” Yates and Harriet Willis Yates in Houston, Texas.…

The Patriarch Dr. Benjamin Jesse Covington (1869 – 1961) was born in Marlin, Texas to formerly enslaved parents, Ben and…

Houston’s very own Dr. Tony was born in 1926 as Tony Barcelona, Jr. His early life on a farm inspired…

Who was Annie Hagen? Annie Hagen (1863 – 1927) was a nurse, midwife, and property owner who had built quite…

In June of 1959, recently elected District Judge William Sears McGee selected the first all-woman jury in the Harris County…

Before the Wortham Theater Center, there was a Farmer’s Market right on the Buffalo Bayou. Well, actually…before Wortham Theater Center,…

Intro The subject of this edition of “Uncovering Houston” will be Mrs. Anna Johnson Dupree. She was an extremely important…

The Galveston-Houston Electric Railway, also referred to as GHER or The Galveston Interurban, was an electric passenger rail line that…

Origins Franklin Beauty School was started in 1915 by Madame Nobia A. Franklin (1892–1934), who taught and provided cosmetology services…

Pete Menutis, pictured leaning against his bar, operated an integrated saloon here in Houston. Aptly named “Pete Menutis’ Saloon,” the…

Fred Vermillion was a young photographer who got his “break” as the photographer for the Camp Logan military training facility.…

During Reconstruction, Houston began establishing its police force which had previously consisted of volunteers. In 1873, the Houston police force…