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While the Allen brothers claimed, "There was no place as healthy [as Houston]," Houston was their FOURTH choice of a town site:
https://bnjd.substack.com/p/the-founding-of-houston
The image within the essay is a screenshot of the first advertisement for the Town of Houston, dated 30 August 1836.
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