SPORTS + OUTDOORS

Have a hankering for some history? Buffalo Bayou Partnership invites you to sign up as soon as possible for one of historian Louis Aulbach's popular Looking Back: History Boat Tours on Buffalo Bayou, which take 20 passengers down the bayou on a pontoon boat the first Saturday of every month starting in September.

Look back to the late 1800’s, when Houston was founded, to learn about those important individuals and families along Buffalo Bayou who helped shape Houston.

Louis Aulbach, local historian and author of Buffalo Bayou: An Echo of Houston's Wilderness Beginnings will be your guide.

He will share stories of the Allen brothers, the founders of Houston, and provide historical information about places, people, animalsa and events along the bayou west and east of downtown including which families were first to settle in Houston, the first breweries of Buffalo Bayou, and early wildlife sightings.

Dates:

2008
September 6 (10-12noon) west of downtown
September 6 (1-3pm) east of downtown
October 4 (10-12noon) east of downtown
October 4 (1-3pm) west of downtown
November 1 (10-12noon) west of downtown
November 1 (1-3pm) east of downtwon
December 6 (10-12noon) east of downtown
December 6 (1-3pm) west of downtown

2009
January 3 (10-12noon) west of downtown
January 3 (1-3pm) east of downtown
February 7 (10-12noon) east of downtown
February 7 (1-3pm) west of downtown
March 21 (10-12noon) west of downtown
March 21 (1-3pm) east of downtown
April 25 (10-12noon) east of downtown
April 25 (1-3pm) west of downtown
May 2 (10-12noon) west of downtown
May 2 (1-3pm) east of downtown

Buffalo Bayou Partnership is a non-profit organization that oversees Buffalo Bayou improvements. The Partnership coordinates the integration of major amenities into the bayou greenbelt and seeks ways to increase community involvement through pedestrian, boating and biking amenities, permanent and temporary art installations, and other natural and built attractions.