Houston St. in NYC is named after William Houstoun, which is why it’s pronounced how-stan and not like the city in Texas named after Sam Houston. This makes more sense. Here’s his face, too.
Tag: history
Did you know…
that the 5 digit zip code came into use July 1, 1963? The 4 digit add-on after that came into existence 20 years later. Zip code history is cool history.
Did you know…
that on Ancestry.com, you can do a search for famous relatives? I seem to have none.
Blackcurrants: a short and crazy history lesson
Blackcurrants are native to Europe and Northern Asia, and are delicious berries. What’s crazy is that growing them was outlawed in the US in the early 1900s because of white pine blister rust, which is bad for trees. The US government didn’t know the high antioxidant and high vitamin content at the time, and it… Continue reading Blackcurrants: a short and crazy history lesson
Jen Bokoff 