The Texans’ Defensive Stars Are Chasing More Than Just the Franchise’s First Super Bowl
This feature explores the history of the Houston Texans' stadium site, tracing its evolution from a rugged frontier landscape to a modern sports hub. The article highlights the team's defensive stars as they prepare for the upcoming season.
Why it matters
It provides cultural context for a major sports franchise and connects the city's historical identity to its current status as a sports destination.
Conor Orr | They marched to a barren strip of land along the Old Spanish Trail in their business suits and cowboy hats, their single-action revolvers aimed toward the ground, cocked and ready to fire.
They marched to a barren strip of land along the Old Spanish Trail in their business suits and cowboy hats, their single-action revolvers aimed toward the ground, cocked and ready to fire.
Before Houston became a destination sports town in the 1960s, there were swaths of vacant coastal prairie land owned by the Hilton Hotel Corporation. With few buildings around, one could just make out the wooden derricks over at the Pierce Junction oil field. White-tailed deer and coyotes roamed the place alongside vicious mosquitoes.
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