True Stories of Old Houston And Houstonians Historical And Personal Sketches
True Stories of Old Houston And Houstonians Historical And Personal Sketches
Samuel Oliver Young
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It was nar- row, but it was deep; its water was clear and beautiful and its banks were overhung with trees which were vine-clad, and, while they impeded navigation, they added greatly to the beauty of the stream. Then the steamboats they had in those days! They were beauties veritable floating palaces. The Mississippi might have had larger boats, but there was none finer or more elegantly finished than our bayou boats. The trip from Houston to Harrisburg was rather difficult, be- cause of the t...wisting and winding of the bayou and also because of overhanging trees. After passing Harrisburg, the bayou broadened and then it was simply delightful. They served but one meal on the boats supper, or as we would call it today, dinner at about 7 o'clock. It was a meal long to be remem- bered, for it was composed of every delicacy obtainable and was justly famed throughout the country. Travelers wrote about it and everybody enjoyed it. The very early boats were not so famed. They were rather primitive in every way, but after 1850 the bayou boats began to put on style and there was none finer anywhere.
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