Reading & Exploring More
Archival materials
Our Houston Waterways collections, including Houston Yacht Club archival materials
Houston waterways materials via the Houston History Research Center, Houston Public Library
Houston images digital collections
Houston Yacht Club archives, LaPorte, Texas, Fleet Historian, at 281-471-1255
Published books
From Buffalo Bayou to Galveston Bay: the centennial history of the Houston Yacht Club, 1897-1997 / by Dora F. (Sam) Akkerman. LaPorte, Tex.: Houston Yacht Club, 1998.
The port of Houston; a history / by Marilyn McAdams Sibley. Austin, University of Texas Press [1968]
Along forgotten river: photographs of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel, 1997-2001: with accounts of early travelers to Texas, 1767-1858 / Geoff Winningham. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2003.
The story of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel / by R. M. Farrar. Houston, Tex.: Chamber of Commerce, 1926.
Galveston Bay / by Sally Antrobus. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, ©2005.
Best easy day hikes Houston / Keith Stelter. Guilford, Conn.: Flacon, 2009. Features Buffalo Bayou.
Websites
Buffalo Bayou Partnership - non-profit organization working to preserve Buffalo Bayou
Port of Houston Authority - The Port of Houston is made up of the Port of Houston Authority and the 150-plus private companies along the Ship Channel. The Port of Houston is a 25-mile-long complex of diversified public and private facilities a few hours' sailing time from the Gulf.
Credits
Amanda Focke and Marie Wise
This material was digitized in 2010-2011 as part of a grant funded by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and the Intsitute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Reading & Exploring More
Archival materials
Our Houston Waterways collections, including Houston Yacht Club archival materials
Houston waterways materials via the Houston History Research Center, Houston Public Library
Houston images digital collections
Houston Yacht Club archives, LaPorte, Texas, Fleet Historian, at 281-471-1255
Published books
From Buffalo Bayou to Galveston Bay: the centennial history of the Houston Yacht Club, 1897-1997 / by Dora F. (Sam) Akkerman. LaPorte, Tex.: Houston Yacht Club, 1998.
The port of Houston; a history / by Marilyn McAdams Sibley. Austin, University of Texas Press [1968]
Along forgotten river: photographs of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel, 1997-2001: with accounts of early travelers to Texas, 1767-1858 / Geoff Winningham. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2003.
The story of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel / by R. M. Farrar. Houston, Tex.: Chamber of Commerce, 1926.
Galveston Bay / by Sally Antrobus. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, ©2005.
Best easy day hikes Houston / Keith Stelter. Guilford, Conn.: Flacon, 2009. Features Buffalo Bayou.
Websites
Buffalo Bayou Partnership - non-profit organization working to preserve Buffalo Bayou
Port of Houston Authority - The Port of Houston is made up of the Port of Houston Authority and the 150-plus private companies along the Ship Channel. The Port of Houston is a 25-mile-long complex of diversified public and private facilities a few hours' sailing time from the Gulf.
Credits
Amanda Focke and Marie Wise
This material was digitized in 2010-2011 as part of a grant funded by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and the Intsitute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).