Houston City Street Railway streetcar map, 1895 Size:14x14 Louis's streetcar system was run

Louis's streetcar system was run by the United Railways Co

with three lines through central Houston

Even the smallest towns in the early 20th century had a streetcar system

and the city council finally approved the initial plans for the Metro in 1961

Milwaukee's streetcar system was run by The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co

Houston City Street Railway streetcar map, 1895 Size:14x14 Louis's streetcar system was runHouston was a small city of less than 50,000 in the late 19th century, long before the oil boom and the invention of air conditioning turned it into the sprawling behemoth that it is today. Texas was largely rural in the 1890s, and the great metropolis of the Gulf Coast was New Orleans. But Houston during this period still had a dozen electric streetcar lines covering all parts of the city. In this map, of the 1895 system, Houston had recently