In the Texan War for Independence, Texas militia, led by General Sam Houston, launched a surprise attack on this day in history, 1836, against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna on the banks of ...

Houston's new Major League Soccer team will be called HOUSTON 1836, commemorating the year that the City was founded. HOUSTON 1836 President Oliver Luck was joined at a press conference at Houston's ...

I read with interest and sadness "Kicking around Houston 1836," by Raúl A. Ramos (Jan. 29, Outlook). I have to ask what name Ramos would have found acceptable for the new soccer team in order to ...