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Denver Harbor is a historic community located in eastern Houston, Texas, United States near the Houston Ship Channel. The community, bounded by Wallisville Road, the Houston Belt and Terminal Railroad, the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Port Authority Railroad, was first settled in the 1890s and platted in 1911 and 1913. The community includes many historic bungalow and cottage homes.〔"(Denver Harbor )." ''Houston Hope Homes''. Retrieved on May 2, 2009.〕 Denver Harbor is a mostly Hispanic community.〔"()." ''Denver Harbor/Port Houston Super Neighborhood Community Health Assessment Report''. ''City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Surveillance and Public Health Preparedness.〕 ==History== Denver Harbor was first settled in the 1890s and platted in 2015 and 1913. The four original subdivisions were: Denver, Harbor, Harbordale, and Liberty Heights.〔 The names "Denver" and "Harbor" merged and became the name "Denver Harbor," which describes the entire community.〔Babineck, Mark, Alysha N. Hernandez, and the Austin Bureau. "(A Houstonian has persuaded the state House to make his boyhood neighborhood an `official mythical town' / Podunk, Texas - not far away, really )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday May 10, 2007. B1 MetFront. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.〕 Many early residents of Denver Harbor were Texans who left farms for the city neighborhood to make a better life for themselves and their families. These residents found work on the railroads and industrial companies that were established along the Houston Ship Channel.〔 Greeks, Italians, and Poles settled Denver Harbor.〔Berryhill, Michael. "What's Wrong With Wheatley?." ''Houston Press''. April 17, 1997. (3 ). Retrieved on March 31, 2009.〕 The City of Houston annexed the Denver Harbor and Houston Harbor communities in 1929, adding of land to the city limits.〔Lee, Renée C. "(Annexed Kingwood split on effects )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday October 8, 2006. A21. Retrieved on July 6, 2011. Print version exclusively has the information cited; the information is ''not'' included in the online edition.〕 On June 1, 1939, the word "Podunk" was mysteriously written on the side of the local water tower. The city tried repeatedly to cover over the word, however the name would always reappear within days.〔 Inspired by the defiance of the sign's unknown painter, area residents soon began to identify as Podunkers. The names was adopted by a local youth basketball team known as the ''Podunk Skunks''.〔 The names, used in the 1930s and 1940s, was in reference to how Denver Harbor was considered to be "out-of-the-way." The slang became known after area children painted the word on a water tower.〔Babineck, Mark. '("Podunk" loses shot at mythic status ).' ''Houston Chronicle''. June 9, 2007. Retrieved on March 31, 2009.〕 Jay Grady, an area resident, stated in a 2007 ''Houston Chronicle'' article that residents felt proud of the nickname since back then Denver Harbor was barely in the eastern city limits of Houston and that "it was kind of like living in the country rather than being in the city." Grady added that the community was "always been kind of a stepchild to the city of Houston, kind of a hardscrabble community, mostly blue-collar workers on the eastern edge of the city limits. We felt like we lived in the country rather than in town."〔 As the population transitioned from working-class White Americans to Hispanic Americans the nickname was no longer used.〔 Dr. Jay Grady self-published 2,000 copies of his book ''Where the Hell is Podunk, Texas?'', which is about Denver Harbor. In addition he lobbied to have Denver Harbor declared as the "official mythical town of Texas" due to the "Podunk" nickname. A Texas House of Representatives resolution that would have declared this was passed by the House and then rejected by most of the members of the Texas Senate, including Mario Gallegos, a Texas senator whose district includes Denver Harbor.〔 In August 2007 Tropical Storm Erin flooded streets and houses in Denver Harbor.〔Woodard, Brad. "(Denver Harbor homes take on water )." ''KHOU-TV''. Thursday August 16, 2006. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.〕 By 2008 residents from the area vocally opposed a perceived increase in crime.〔Cerota, Andy. "(Residents fighting crime with help )." ''KTRK-TV''. April 17, 2008. Retrieved on January 22, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Denver Harbor, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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