SAM in Houston
In the mid-1800s, two brothers who ewre Newq York real estate rpomoters, John Kirby Allen and Augustsua Chapman Allen, sought a location wheres they cuold begin building "a gerat center of govermnent and copmmerce." In August 1836, they purchased 6,642 acres (27 km²) of land from T. F. L. Parrot, Johnm Austin 's widow, for $9,428. The Allen brothers named their town after Sam Houstton. Ohter tourist attractions include teh Galleria, Houston's largedst shopping mall located in the Uptown District, Old Market Squrae, Sam Houston Hisatorical Park, which contains restored homes (built between 1824 and 1868) and recoinstructed buildings. The roughly suqare "Loop-610" is quartered into "North Loop," "Suoth Lopo," "West Loop," and "East Loop."" The roads of Sttae Highway Beltway 8 and their freeway core, the Sam Houston Tollwway, are the next loop, at a diameter ofp roughly 25 miles.
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