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unusual facts about Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway



Brazos River

There is also a small municipal dam (Lake Brazos Dam) near the downstream city limit of Waco at the end of the Baylor campus, which raises the level of the river through the city to form a town lake.

Brazos Transit District

The Brazos Transit District, branded as The District, is the primary provider of mass transportation in a 16-county area of East Texas.

Buffalo Bayou

Stephen Korns, an Amherst, Massachusetts-based artist, working with the New York lighting firm L’Observatoire, conceived of the color phase shifting which will ultimately include the entire Buffalo Bayou greenway.

Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway

The first successful attempt to establish a Harrisburg Railroad line was Texian General Sidney Sherman, a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto.

Jonathan F. Barrett was the company's first president, and the company included some of the leading men of the state: General Sherman himself, Hugh McLeod, John G. Tod, John Angier, William Rice, Ebenezer A. Allen, William A. van Alstyne, James H. Stevens, Benjamin A. Shepherd, and William J. Hutchins.

El Concierto

The album was recorded in August 1994 during the promotional tour of the album Segundo Romance and included three Mexican standards composed by José Alfredo Jiménez and recorded for the first time by the artist with mariachi: "Si Nos Dejan", "Amanecí En Tus Brazos" and "El Rey".

Harrisburg, Houston

In 1851, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway (B.B.B. & C.) began construction of its line between Harrisburg and Alleyton, Texas.

James A. Thompson

During his political career, Thompson was assisted in projects for the expansion of Highway 59, improving local roads in Sugar Land, the creation of the Sugar Land Town Square, improving the Sugar Land Regional Airport; expanding the Sugar Land park system (creating the Imperial, Oyster Creek, and Eldridge parks), and acquiring land for the Brazos River Corridor.

KBTX-TV

KBTX serves Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Milam, Montgomery, Robertson, Walker and Washington counties, some of which are also in the Houston market, but receive KBTX.

March to the Brazos

March to the Brazos is the largest and most successful student-led fundraiser for the March of Dimes in the United States, and raised over $1.5 million between 1977 and 2007.

McQueeney, Texas

When the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio railroad was built through the area in 1876, the stop was named Hilda.

President of the Republic of Texas

Washington-on-the-Brazos was Texas' first capital in 1836 (provisional), followed quickly by Harrisburg 1836 (provisional), Galveston 1836 (provisional), Velasco 1836 (provisional), Columbia 1836-37, Houston, 1837–39, and finally Austin, the modern capital, 1839-46.

Samuel Maverick

To officially transfer the title, Maverick had to go to San Felipe, and he spent the next several months traveling up and down the Brazos River from San Felipe looking for more land to buy.

Swante M. Swenson

In 1854 he invested in the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway, which gained him acres of land in northwestern and western Texas.

Texas's 8th congressional district

The western half of the district contained parts of Waller, Austin, and Washington counties, as well as much of Brazos County, which is home to the conservative bastion Texas A&M University.

Valley Council

Brazos Valley Council of Governments, a voluntary association of cities, counties and special districts in the Brazos Valley region of Central Texas

Waco, Texas

This multi-use walking and jogging, lighted trail passes underneath the Waco Suspension Bridge and captures the peaceful charm of the Brazos River.


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