The First Few Years:
1836-1839                
                          The First Decade:
1840-1850

The Second Decade:
1850-1860

The Third Decade:
1860-1870

The Fourth Decade:
1870-1880             

                                    The Fifth Decade:  1880-1890 

The Sixth Decade:  1890-1900  

The Seventh  Decade: 1900-1910

The Eighth  Decade:  1910-1920  

The Ninth Decade: 1920-1930  

The Ninth Decade: 1920-1930            

The Tenth Decade: 1930-1940  

The Early Forties: 1940-1945      

The Late Forties: 1945-1950               
                          The Early Fifties: 1950-1955               
                           The Late Fifties: 1955-1960     

The Early Sixties: 1960-1965    

The Late Sixties: 1965-1970    

The  Seventies:

1970-1980                       

The  Eighties:

1980-1990 

The Last Few Years:  1990-1998

The Future:                 2000 and Onward   

• Early European Explorations

• Anglo-American Colonization

• Revolution and Texas Independence

• The Allen Brothers and Their Dream Town

• Early Houston

• Annexation

• The Mexican War

• Statehood

• The Struggle for Dominance

• The Civil War

• Reconstruction

• The Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century

• The Early 1900's

• The Depression

• World War II

• Postwar

• Black Gold

• International City

• The Space Age

• Boomtown

• Oil Glut and the Economic Downturn

• Revitalization and  the Challenges Ahead