Spring, Texas

Everything Spring is known for

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Music in Spring

Songs About Spring

Southside Royalty Freestyle
Megan Thee Stallion
95%
"Now a days at Splashtown there's Maybachs on G10s"
Spring Tx Freestyle
Sha'Kai' se
49%
"Spring Tx Freestyle"
Blue Sage Road
Rich O'Toole
22%
"Blue Sage Road"
So Houston
Z-Ro
5%
"Splash Town still holdin', what it do?"

Artists From Spring

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DE'WAYNE
rock
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Zahriya Zachary
gospel
B
BettySoo
americana
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Mark Mueller
rock
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Tiona Campbell
country
T
The Cheeney Brothers
country
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Nash Revival
country

Rivers & Roads in Song near Spring

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Spring.

Interstate 45 8 songs U.S. Route 59 9 songs Interstate 10 36 songs US Route 90 9 songs Trinity River 11 songs Brazos River 42 songs

History of Spring

Haunted Old Town Spring RoadyGoat

Old Town Spring, north of Houston, was a roaring railroad town in the early nineteen-hundreds — the International-Great Northern made it a junction with a roundhouse and a fourteen-track switchyard, drawing some two hundred rail workers and pushing the population past a thousand. When the railroad moved its roundhouse to Houston in nineteen-twenty-three the town nearly emptied, before reviving decades later as a shopping village. The oldest building still standing on its original site is the Wunsche Brothers Saloon and Hotel, built in nineteen-oh-two to lodge and water the railroad men. Today Old Town Spring is billed as one of the most haunted old-west towns in America, with ghost walks down its lamplit streets. The saloon's resident ghost — known as Charlie, for one of the brothers who built it — is said to hold doors shut, hide the silverware, and pace the off-limits second floor; after a fire tore through in twenty-fifteen, witnesses reported the silhouette of a man standing in the upstairs window. A former manager there, Mary Beth Vincent, put names to the small stuff: the telephone receiver picked up and thrown on the floor, over and over; music changing on its own in the middle of the day; the water turning off and on, constantly. The people who work the building will tell you Charlie is not trying to run anybody off — he is just still keeping an eye on his investment.

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When Groundwater Finds Daylight RoadyGoat

A natural spring forms where groundwater reaches the land surface and discharges on its own. Rain infiltrates soil and rock, fills an aquifer, and moves from higher hydraulic pressure toward an opening such as a valley, fracture, or contact between rock layers. A gravity spring drains an unconfined aquifer where the water table meets the ground. An artesian spring rises from a confined aquifer whose water is under pressure. The name Spring does not prove that one dramatic spring created this town, but it opens the door to the hidden water system beneath every flowing spring.

Where Spring Creek Goes RoadyGoat

Spring Creek drains a watershed stretching across parts of Grimes, Waller, Montgomery, and Harris counties. Near the eastern end of its course, the creek joins the West Fork of the San Jacinto River. That water continues toward Lake Houston, then down the San Jacinto system toward Galveston Bay and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico. The creek also forms much of the boundary between Harris and Montgomery counties west of the confluence. A rainstorm far upstream can therefore become a rise in Spring Creek, then move through a chain of larger waters far beyond the town carrying its name.

Hightower, Verna Lee Booker [Boots]

1930

Verna Lee Hightower, rodeo competitor, the first African American to become an official member of the Girl's Rodeo Association, and civil rights activist, was born on June 26, 1930, in Spring, Texas, near Houston, to Arthur Booker and Alvirita (Wells) Booker. At an early age, Verna developed a love for the outdoors and horses, so much so that she earned a nickname of "Boots." After Verna's parents divorced, her mother moved the family to Houston. When Verna Lee Booker married Ted Hightower (date unknown), she began to train and ride more regularly. She devoted most of her time to and excelled at barrel racing. In 1949 the Hightowers purchased their first home which was located near the Diamond L Ranch, a rodeo arena on South Main in Houston. The arena, built by Black cowboy J. L. Sweeney, served as a venue where African-American cowboys and cowgirls came to compete. Verna Hightower gained early exposure and success in competitions at the Diamond L Ranch rodeos. She competed on the national level on the Black rodeo circuit in Okmulgee and Henrietta, Oklahoma, and Simonton and Pasadena, Texas, where she was very successful. Soon she became the "poster girl" for area rodeos. Aside from rodeo, the Hightowers were the parents of six children-Lewis, Alvirita, Gilbert, Gerald, Christine, and Dee Dee-all of whom were involved in the family business of rodeo. They were taught a "healthy respect for riding and ranch animals." Dee Dee, one of the younger daughters, died at an early age. Verna's family was well-known as the first African-American family listed as "trainers" and "owners" of livestock presented at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. In 1969 Hightower became the first African-American woman to take part in the barrel racing competition in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. She was also a member of the National Colored Rodeo Association and the Southwest Rodeo Association, Inc., as well as the Girl's Rodeo Association (now the Women's Professional Rodeo Association ). Verna and her family were members of St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church in Houston. She was an accomplished pianist, as well as an advocate for civil rights. In 1963 Verna and Ted Hightower filed a successful lawsuit against the Houston Independent School District to allow their children to attend the White schools that were closer to their home instead of the Black schools across town. Verna also worked as a medical assistant at the Lyons Medical Clinic in the Fifth Ward in Houston. Verna Lee Booker Hightower died on August 27, 1970, in Harris County. In 2007 she was inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame in Fort Worth.

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Wunsche Brothers Saloon and Hotel

1902

This building was constructed in 1902 by one of Spring's earliest families, the Wunsches, who came here from Germany in 1846. Built to accommodate railroad workers, the Wunsche Bros. Saloon and Hotel, later known as the Spring Cafe, has served as a community gathering place throughout its history. The structure, which exhibits typical turn-of-the-century commercial detailing, is Spring's oldest existing commercial building on its original site. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1984

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Spring, TX

1838

Spring is off Interstate Highway 45 twenty miles north of Houston in north Harris County. The area was originally inhabited by the Orcoquiza Indians, who were first visited by Spaniards in 1746. In the 1820s some of Stephen F. Austin 's colonists settled nearby. In 1836 the General Council of the Provisional Government included the area in the municipality of Harrisburg. William Pierpont established a trading post on nearby Spring Creek in 1838, and by 1840 Spring had a population of 153. In the mid-1840s German immigrants, most notably Carl Wunsche, settled in the area and began farming the land. Immigrants from Louisiana and the postbellum South later moved into the farming community. Sugar cane and cotton were the main cash crops, but vegetables were also raised. The town had a sugar mill for syrup making and two cotton gins. After the Houston and Great Northern Railroad built through Spring in 1871, the town grew considerably. A post office was established in 1873. By 1884 Spring had two steam saw and grist mills, two cotton gins, three churches, several schools, and a population of 150. In 1901–03 the International-Great Northern Railroad connected Spring with Fort Worth. A roundhouse was built, and Spring became a major switchyard with fourteen trackyards and 200 rail workers. A sawmill was built near the tracks, and lumbering became an important business for a time. By 1910 the population had risen to 1,200. In 1912 the Spring State Bank was established. It was robbed several times in the 1930s; erroneous rumors have attributed one robbery to Bonnie and Clyde ( see BONNIE PARKER and CLYDE BARROW). In 1935 the bank consolidated with the Tomball Bank. One of the noted businesses in Spring about this time was the A. F. Russell Day Lily Farm, which had an international mail-order clientele. In 1923 the roundhouse was moved to Houston, and Spring began to decline. By 1931 its population had fallen to 300. In 1947, however, a population of 700 was reported, and by 1984 the figure had risen to 15,000, the number that was still reported in 1989. From 1969 to 1992, when it was moved to Akron, Ohio, the Goodyear airship America was based near Spring. The airship was one of three designed and built by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. During its travels the blimp's night signs provided public relation messages, and its TV camera filmed many sporting and public events. In the 1970s Houston suburbs expanded northwestward; an increasing number of subdivisions and residential areas grew up around Spring. Some of the old houses in Spring were restored and opened as shops. In 1980 the Old Town Spring Association was formed to promote this unique shopping village. By 1989 Old Town Spring had become a tourist attraction with over eighty unique speciality shops. The Spring post office services about 80,000 people, but its area includes more than Spring. Similarly, the Spring Independent School District includes much more than the town of Spring. The estimated population of the school district is 75,000. In 1990 Spring had a population of 33,111. The population was 36,385 in 2000.

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Spring

1873

Spring Initially a farming community supported by crops, including sugar cane and cotton, Spring was platted by the Houston & Great Northern Railroad in 1873. That same year, Callahan Pickette became the town's first postmaster. In its early years, Spring served as a commercial center for the surrounding area. It was also a focal point for German settlers, including Carl Wunsche, who was prominent in the town's development. The area still has a strong German heritage. A new rail line reached Spring in the early 20th century and, with a roundhouse and railway shops, the town grew in importance as a rail center. Developer R.l. Robinson subdivided land south of the original town, and the commercial area shifted to accommodate the rail junction. The railroads facilitated the development of the lumber industry; Spring boasted a number of mills, both large and small, in the boom era of lumber production. With the boom came the need for new businesses, including hotels, saloons, an opera house, gambling houses, a hospital and a bank. In 1907, residents established the Spring Independent School District. The loss of the roundhouse and the onset of Prohibition led to population decline, and the saloons, hotels, and other rail-supported businesses closed in the 1920s. Still, the dwindling community persisted, creating a volunteer fire department in the 1950s and sustaining its school district, which integrated in the mid-1960s. As the population began to grow again in the early 1970s, new businesses opened, including many specialty shops. With its proximity to a growing urban center and, itself an area commercial center, Spring continues to attract new residents and businesses but retains its unique identity and its link to its early history. 										(2003)

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Immanuel United Church of Christ of Sprin

1913

Immanuel’s congregation was established in 1913 and chartered in 1916 under the German title Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherischen Immanuels Gemeinde Zu Spring. The founders’ names reflected its German heritage – Lemm, Goedecke, Strack, Holzworth, Klein, Kothmann, Benignus and Arp. The founders designed and built their first church by 1916, a simple frame building with a single spire and stained glass windows donated by First Evangelical Church in Houston. Worship services, both in English and German, were held there until World War II. Over the years, the congregation and community joined forces to complete projects, including the 1948 parish hall addition, a project recognized by the Board of Missions of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, a merged group of Lutheran Churches. In 1953, a fire destroyed the entire campus. Members rebuilt quickly, and the present church and Parish Hall were dedicated in December 1953. The conflagration awoke Spring to the need for a fire department, which formed in 1954. When another fire threatened Immanuel in 2008, the fire department saved the sanctuary. As the area has evolved, so has Immanuel. The membership has changed from agrarian to urban, the name changed to Immanuel United Church of Christ, and the once German family church now centers on outreach and mission. For more than 100 years, Immanuel has remained dedicated to the community. Despite hardships, Immanuel United Church of Christ continues to flourish and persevere. The church has left a lasting influence on the history and development of the area and remains a landmark at the entrance to the town of Spring. (2016)

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Oak Ridge North, TX

1964

Oak Ridge North is on Interstate Highway 45 ten miles south of Conroe in southern Montgomery County. It originated in 1964 when Arkansas-based Spring Pines Corporation purchased a large tract of land two miles north of Spring Creek in the Charles Eisterwall Survey-patented in the mid-nineteenth century-and proceeded to build a subdivision. Interstate 45, which runs through the development, was completed just as the subdivision was launched and quickly became an axis for economic and population growth. During the late 1960s and early 1970s increasing numbers of Houstonians, attracted by the beautifully wooded site, its accessibility, and lower tax and insurance rates, began taking up residence in Oak Ridge North. United Diversified, Incorporated, took over the development in 1969, and Associated Properties Company, which added more acreage, became the chief developer in 1971. The community was incorporated in 1979 with an estimated population of 2,445 and elected a mayor and city council. By the late 1970s it had four churches. In 1994 it was served by four schools in the Conroe Independent School District. The town's growth, however, was brought to a halt by the energy-based regional recession of the 1980s, and in 1990 the population was estimated as 2,454. By 2000 the population was 2,991.

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Things to Do in Spring

food 23.3 mi away
The Original Ninfa's on Navigation

Ninfa Laurenzo was a widow with five kids when she opened a little restaurant in her late husbands failing tortilla factory on Navigation Boulevard in 1973.…
historical 17.0 mi away
Tomball ISD Stadium

A $35 million high school football cathedral — because in Texas the stadium is the town square. Friday night lights at their finest.
quirky 21.9 mi away
Beer Can House

A house covered in 50000 flattened beer cans. 18 years of drinking and decorating.
historical 23.7 mi away
The Menil Collection

World-class art museum that's completely free. Rothko Chapel next door.
food 12.8 mi away
Goodson's Cafe

Tomball cafe on State Highway 249, north of Houston. Ella Goodson took over the place in 1954, and the chicken-fried steak here has been called the best in…
quirky 17.8 mi away
Virgin Mary Oak Tree

An oak tree in the Garden Oaks neighborhood where passersby report seeing the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in the bark and leave flowers and religious…
quirky 20.8 mi away
Court Amber Trail Cottage

A tidy blue cottage tucked into a Cypress subdivision. Proof that charm doesn't need acreage.
day trip
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Sports in Spring

🏈 High School Football

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⭐ HOMETOWN LEGENDS Class 6A · Football

Spring Lions — Spring — a college & pro athletic pipeline

4 alumni who reached major-college or pro sports

Spring High School, a proud Class 6A institution in Spring, TX, has a history of student-athletes who have pursued their passions beyond the Cougar fields and courts. The school celebrates those who have gone on to compete at major collegiate and professional levels, reflecting the dedication fostered within its athletic programs. Among these individuals are names that resonate with sports fans, having made their mark in various arenas.

The Spring High alumni network includes athletes like Josh Beckett, an MLB player who last played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Kyle York, a former college football quarterback for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Bishop Davenport currently plays as a college football quarterback for the South Alabama Jaguars. The school also recognizes Brooke Adams, a professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action wrestling.

Pro/D1 alumni
4
Class
6A
Founded
1969
Key Players
  • Brooke Adams — (class of 2003) — professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action wrestling
  • Josh Beckett — (class of 1999) — MLB player, last played for the Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Bishop Davenport — (class of 2022) – college football quarterback for the South Alabama Jaguars
  • Kyle York — (class of 2001) — former college football quarterback for the Mississippi State Bulldogs
The moment

Josh Beckett was an MLB player for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Sources: Wikipedia · SI High School (ScoreBook Live)

Everything Near Spring

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