The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:

Houston was Texas' first boom town. In January, 1837 the community was so small ---- 12 residents and only two cabins ---- that the steamship Laura passed by it without seeing it. Only four months later there were 1500 citizens and one hundred… pic.twitter.com/nt92RjkOzy

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) May 20, 2023