This is a scene on Buffalo Bayou a few miles from the San Jacinto Battle Grounds, what is presently called the Ship Channel. 

Buffalo Bayou Houston, Texas circa 1895. 

The Main Street bridge spanning Buffalo Bayou. View is towards the South. 

Buffalo Bayou or San Jacinto River near San Jacinto Bay. When this photo was taken the water was 582 feet wide, with a depth ranging from 12 to 28. 

San Jacinto Day outing. Houston, Texas, circa 1920. 

This is a scene on Buffalo Bayou. The barge was loaded October 30, 1899, from Houston Converting Plant, with 5,300 Lowery bales of cotton, weighing 1,285,861 pounds. Capacity of barge, 650 tons. This is the largest cargo of cotton ever loaded on Buffalo Bayou.