Richard Allen

Where did the story about his being the first to build a bridge across Buffalo Bayou originate? Earliest mention I’ve found is J. Mason Brewer.

He writes to James P. Newcomb on November 26, 1870, stating that there is not a regularly organized Union League council in the Houston district, and asking him to send authority to Allen to organize a new one.1

According to WPA Files, there is a story about his role as a registrar in the Daily Telegraph for September 22, 1871. Lots of complaints about electioneering in this file.

  1. Richard Allen to James P. Newcomb, November 26, 1870, Newcomb Papers, Briscoe Center, Box 2F105.↩