Historic Houston Streets by Marks Hinton

Author:Marks Hinton
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781933979885
Publisher: Bright Sky Press

» MARKS: Street sign near location of E. H. Marks ranch

MARLOWE: Christopher – This 16th century English dramatist’s writings had a profound influence on William Shakespeare. His works include Dr. Faustus, The Jew of Malta and Hero and Leander. Marlow died in a tavern fight, stabbed to death by another patron. 32

MARQUETTE: Opened in 1881 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this co-educational university is operated by the Jesuit Fathers. 33

MARTEN: Rosehill’s Salem Lutheran Church is the oldest Lutheran congregation in Texas, founded in 1852. In the 1870’s another wave of German settlers arrived in north Harris County. Many of these new immigrants joined Salem including the Marten family. 34

MARTENS: The Martens were early settlers in the Tomball area. William Martens was the first justice of the peace. Family members are interred in the Seidel (Rosehill) Cemetery. (See Siedel Cemetery.) 35

MARTIN LUTHER KING: This street is named in honor of the African-American clergyman and civil rights leader. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Under his leadership the civil rights movement employed non-violent tactics to achieve racial equality. One of his greatest successes was in 1963 with 250,000 people in the Washington March. This event brought about the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts in 1965. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.36

MARTIN: Daniel W. – A La Grange native this black student arrived at Prairie View A & M University in 1911 to study agriculture. He changed his degree to mechanical arts and graduated in 1918. The following year Martin was hired by the school as a Refrigeration Engineer. He became a instructor after earning his B. S. in Electricity in 1924. His five children also graduated from this university. 37

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