Chapter D

Dali, Salvador, 5
Dallas _News_, quoted, 6, 23
Dean, Dizzy, 28
Demaret, Jimmy, 28
Dowling, Richard W., 15, 46
Dresel, Gustav, 45
Du Pont (E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company), 17
Dyer, Eddie, 28

E
_Ebony_ Magazine, quoted, 14
El Paso Natural Gas Company, 17
Evans, Arthur C., 3

F
Fennerty, John M., 15
First Methodist Church of Houston, 43
Frantz, Joe B., 42
Frenchtown, 13

G
Glassell, A. C., Jr., 28
Graham, Billy, 30
_Great South, The_, quoted, 14

H
_Harper’s_ Magazine, quoted, 34
Harris, John Richardson, 41
Harrisburg, 41-42
Hermann, George Henry, 46
Herndon, John Hunter, 45
Hess, Wilbur, 28
Hilton, Conrad, 10
Hofheinz, Roy H., 11
Hogg, Miss Ima, 26
Hogg, James Stephen, 46
Hogg, Will C., 46
Holcombe, Oscar F., 46
_Holiday_ Magazine, quoted, 1
Holley, Mary Austin, 44
Hopkins, Sam (Lightnin’), 8
Houston, aviation, early, 22-23;
character of city, 6-9, 24-25;
Chinese population of, 13;
Civil War and Reconstruction periods, 45;
cycles of growth, 15-16;
domed sports stadium, 48;
economy of, 15-23;
German population of, 13;
history of first years, 39-45;
Indians in, 45;
“M” Day (July 3, 1954), 18-22;
millionaire legend, 10-13;
Negro population of, 14;
place in history, 6;
Port of, 22-23;
Post Office, 16, 17;
proportion of natives in, 14;
sports, 28;
statistics, population and other, 47;
type and composition of population, 13-14;
weather, climate, 35-38
Houston Academy, 29
Houston Classic Invitational Golf Tournament, 28
Houston Colt .45s (National Baseball League), 28
Houston Grand Opera Association, 26
Houston Intercontinental Airport (Jetero), 48
Houston International Airport, 37
Houston Little Theatre, 26
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, 25
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 26
Houston Museum of Natural Science and Planetarium, 26, 48
[Houston] Music Guild, 26
Houston Oilers (American Football League), 28
Houston _Post_, quoted, 25, 38
Houston Ship Channel, 19, 22-23
Houston Symphony Orchestra, 26
Houston Turn-Verein, 13
Houstoun, Matilda Charlotte, 2
Humble Oil and Refining Company, 17,
Hutton, Frank R., Sr., 14