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The Coogs have a tough schedule with Miami coming up later this month. Still, when was the last time UH went 3-0?

That would make sense, since Smith Street appears on maps going back to 1839.

Here is a list of all the places named Houston. I'm sure one of these towns must have a Toro Street (or a Bull Street). http://www.placesnamed.com/h/o/houston.asp

And didn't the U.S. keep a prisoner-of-war camp somewhere near Alvin?

Yeah, that was always my complaint about history. It's easy to find out when the Astrodome was built or when oil was struck at Spindletop. I'm more concerned about the little aspects of history that have been lost to time.

I've never been able to tell who or what organization is behind it. I'm curious as to who put it all together.

Not yet!

Moody Gardens?

Ah well, what's going to happen to the site?

I'm sure there are. You just have to really look for it. "Prairie Home Companion" comes to mind. The BBC, available online, sometimes runs new radio shows. Does KTRH still run "When Radio Was" late Saturday nights? That was always fun to listen to.

I always thought it was a beautiful building. Glad to see something is being done with it. I tried a quick search of some of Bob Bailey's photos over here, but I couldn't find anything going back to its heyday on that site.

Awesome. It seemed like a tiny elevator to begin with.

I saw that, too. It looks like a flaw in the printing.

What river does this bridge cross? I could have sworn there was a railroad bridge just outside of Refugio on the south side of town, too. I didn't take U.S. 77 past Refugio very often because it was one boring drive. I would take the back roads to get to Corpus.

I'll remember her brief relationship with Bill Dauterive and the time Hank Hill mooned her at the Austinental.

We know the circles existed because it shows up on various street maps up until the 1950s. I wonder if Clinton Park was meant to replace it.

Hah! From the above-mentioned Web site: CenterPoint Energy Tower Also known as: The Tower of Power Also known as: Kilowatt Tower Formerly: Reliant Energy Plaza Formerly: Houston Industries Plaza Formerly: 1100 Milam Why not go back further? Formerly: Some demolished building Formerly: Some demolished house Formerly: A mound of dirt.

Maybe I missed it, but I guess the only way to find out would be to head out there, knock on doors, and hope some longtime resident there remembers what used to be there. When did it disappear from the maps? In the '60s right? I'm sure there's some old-timer who knows.

Seriously, you guys should team up for a volume II. 100 pages of history might not translate well online, but it sounds like a potential book.

No-Tsu-Oh was generally held in November. It ended in 1915, I believe. Now that I think about it, doesn't that picture look a little off? That looks more like a bar in Dodge City, Kan., from 1883 rather than Houston in 1923. I think someone dressed like that in Houston during Prohibition would have drawn a few stares.

I was a reporter in Corpus Christi. I usually sleep with the radio tuned to talk radio. About 7:45 a.m. CST, I vaguely heard an announcer say a plane had struck the first tower. I turned on the TV and watched smoke billow from the building. At the time, many of the commentators thought it was a Cessna. No one really figured it to be a commercial jetliner. People were saying that it was a clear day, and it seemed strange that a plane would fly into the building. I remember thinking, "How are firefighters gonna put THAT out?" I crawled out of bed. I didn't have to be at work till 9 a.m., so I went to the living room to channel surf among CNN, ABC and the other networks. All of a sudden, while watching Good Morning America, this plane comes out of nowhere and slams into the second tower. I could hear the people on television gasp in horror. I distinctly remember how I felt at the time, but it's hard to describe. It was akin to helplessly watching an injured person get shot in the head. I think I said some expletive and phoned my parents in Houston to tell them to turn on the TV. One thing I remember is that no one called attention to the second incoming airplane. I don't recall any news anchor saying, "Look, here comes another one!" It was like the second plane just blindsided America while we watched the first tower burn. I learned about the other attacks while driving around town. Man, there was so much confusion. There was talk of a fire at the Mall in Washington, D.C. I wondered how long these attacks would continue. The rest of the day is a blur. I came home a little late, turned on the TV and saw that EVERY SINGLE station, MTV, BET, Comedy Central, whatever, was tuned to a news station.

Well, I figured Toro Street could have Spanish for Bull Street, but as far as I know, no such street with that name existed in Houston, either.

I'm entirely willing to believe there are ghosts in there. But one explanation I heard for the voices could be the way the building is constructed. Someone who used to live there told me the long hallways would carry voices well. So if you were on one end of the hall, it was easy to hear someone talking on the other end of the hall. On a side note, I wonder if the elevator was fixed during the renovation.

Nice stroke of luck there running into Weingarten's president and CEO!

All the good questions are asked when I'm at work! I'm not aware of an Echo telephone exchange in Houston during the Prohibition era. There was a thread a few months back that listed most, if not all, of the telephone exchanges. I read the card as Oct. 2-7.