Augustus Chapman Allen is one of the two Allen Brothers who founded the City of Houston, Texas. He was born on July 4, 1806, in Canasareaugh, New York, to Sarah (Chapman) and Roland Allen. Nickname: Space City Motto: Official website: www. ...

Financed by an inheritance received by Augustus' wife, Charlotte, on August 26, 1836, the brothers purchased 6,600 acres along the Buffalo Bayou for $5,000, for the purpose of establishing a new city. At the suggestion of Charlotte, they named their townsite for the hero of the time, General Sam Houston. Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Buffalo Bayou at this location, just south of San Felipe Dr. Buffalo Bayou is a main waterway flowing through Houston, Texas, USA. It begins on the west side of the city and flows east to the Houston Ship Channel. ... Sam Houston Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) 19th century statesman, politician and soldier. ...

Augustus Allen died on June 11, 1864 in Washington, D.C. of pneumonia and was buried in Brooklyn, New York. Houston's Allen parkway, Allen Center as well as Allen's Landing Park, all immortalize the name of the city's founders. 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the microscopic, air-filled sacs (alveoli) responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...