I went to the Houston Public Library (downtown branch) after work today to do some research on the history of my neighborhood. Mangum Manor is officially 50 years old. In December 1954, the neighborhood's first residents, the Sullivans, moved in to 5019 Saxon. At the time, Donna Lynn (my current street) didn't even exist. It wouldn't be for another 15 years that what is now 290 would exist, at least, according to the key map book, 1969; that is the first year that the freeway makes it's appearance, but it stops right at pinemont. beyond that it is represented by a dotted line pointed north east with the words "Proposed NorthWest Freeway" alongside it.
Searching for just Mangum Manor turned up only two articles, both from the 1954 Houston Chronicle, about the acquisition of 109 acres of land for the development by a 2nd generation italian immigrant DeGeorge. The land was bought for $300,000 from the Sauer family who had lived on it for 150 years. The Sauers were Dutch immigrants who had received the land from a Spanish land grant in the early 1800's.
Do any of you hisotry buffs (read: Tudeau1 & Trudeau 2) know much about the Dutch in Texas, Spanish land grants and/or the Sauer's?
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