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Houston, tx the handbook of texas online texas state. It is just west of the intersection of bissonnet street and montrose boulevard. The allen brothers named their town after sam houston and persuaded the texas congress to designate the site as the temporary capital of the new republic of texas see capitals. Harris county parks polygons of harris county managed parks with amenities updated as of jan 2011.
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