History of Washington Avenue Here is a link to some great photos of Washington Avenue from the 1920's. www.sloanegallery.com/newpage93.htm (You can only view these with Internet Explorer. The website will crash Netscape and Firefox.) Other black and white photos of Houston are at www.sloanegallery.com/newpage40.htm WOW has a nice history at www.wowroundabout.org/washington_ave_history.htm Rice Military also has a nice history at www.ricemilitary.org/documents/history.htm Great stories about Buffalo Bayou can be found at www.hal-pc.org/~lfa/Buffalo.html Northwest Houston Topographic Map From 1922 This is a great historical map.  You can zoom in to see elevation contours, buildings, streetcar routes, and Vicks Lake. This shows Houston Heights in addition to the area along Buffalo Bayou.  It also identifies an area west of Reinerman in Rice Military as "Smokytown".  If you know why, please post the answer to the message board.  This map also shows that the streetcar came down Shepherd from Washington, then west along Blossom to Camp Logan. www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/houston_nw22.jpg You can also see lots of other historical maps at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/historic_tex_cities.html