But what did it look like in 1836, when those real-estate hucksters, the Allen brothers, floated down Buffalo Bayou and founded our city? Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

Dr. Dan Worrall, a member of the Harris County Historical Commission, will give a talk entitled "Upper Buffalo Bayou and West Houston in the Pioneer Era, 1824-1875," at a meeting of the Texas ...

The banks of Buffalo Bayou are eroding wider by an estimated one foot a year. It’ll then be re-planted with native trees and vegetation.