Old Streetcar routes

[cspwal]

Saw this on Swamplot

http://swamplot.com/houstons-vanished-and-current-middle-of-the-road-rail-networks-close-up-and-personal/2019-03-05/ 

That looks like a pretty dense network back in the day, but it didn't extend out very far

[august948]

Prior to that, people either had to walk or take a horse to go anywhere so everything was closer than we're used to today.  What I find interesting from this is that the residential development as of the late 1800's was mostly south of Buffalo Bayou.  The Heights is at the end of a long, lonely stretch of track.  No doubt it was the Katyville of it's day.