Today we toured around East End and Magnolia park. We walked around the park area of the East End and saw many interesting buildings. What's interesting about the town is that it is very diverse but more than half of the population is Hispanic. The town in the 1930's was known as German Town due to the high German population in the area. We also saw the industrial part of the East End which turned into Magnolia Park.
Magnolia Park is an area at the east side of Houston Texas near the ship channel. The East end town is one of the oldest hispanic towns in Houston and was known as the City of Magnolia. The Magnolia Park Community was established in 1909. It's original inhabitance consisted of none-Hispanic White Americans, but soon Mexican Americans from south Texas started to settle in the park area in 1911. The start of the construction of the Houston Ship Channel and other industries around it in the 1920's drew Mexicans to work. Even Mexican soldiers fled the Mexican revolution to work on the Ship Channel. In 1926 Magnolia Park was added as a part of Houston. In the 1960's most Mexicans in Magnolia grew very poor and the middle class was expanded due to programs made by Lyndon Baines Johnson. Today historic buildings can still be seen on all of Harrisburg and Canal st.
source:
Magnolia Park, Houston." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Mar. 2017. Web. 22 Mar. 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_Park,_Houston
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