Guestbook

  (The actual Guestbook entries begin immediately after the following instructions. Please scroll down.)

To make an entry in the Denver Harbor Guestbook, please email me directly at:

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Type as the subject of your email, "Denver Harbor Guestbook".

Provide as much of the following information as you like:

1. Name (Include the name you were known by when you lived in Denver Harbor, e.g., your maiden name, or any nickname).
2. The years you lived there: "1947 - 1967"; "1955 - present"; etc.
3. The street you lived on: "Kress"; "Eagle Pass"; etc.
4. The schools you attended.
5. Comments.
6. Your email address.

I will post your entry directly to the Guestbook and confirm to you by return email.

The Guestbook service originally provided by the website host had a limited capacity. Comments, for example, could be no more than 250 characters, and that just wasn't enough. Your comments may now be as long as you like.

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Also, please remember that we're always looking for longer, "story" submissions for inclusion in the other website sections such as "Memories", or "Places". Of course, you will be given credit.

Thank you for helping make the website successful.

Tom Hargus
Podunker in fact: 1947 - 1967
In spirit, always!
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Guestbook Entries

Date : 09/19/2009
First Name: Charles
Last Name: Wagoner
Years I lived there: 1946/47 to 1958 & 1965
I lived at: First house was in Shotwell Courts and moved to 938 Hoffman after it was built
Schools: Eliot, Edison, Austin
Comments: I have many fond memories of the neighborhood and will send a detailed verson to the "Memories" section in the near future.
Email: [email protected]

Date : 11/19/2008
First Name: Kenneth (Kenny)
Last Name: Gill
Years I lived there: 1944-1960
I lived at: 6406 Texarkana St.
Schools: Eliot, McReynolds, graduated from SF Austin in 1962.
I found out about this website from my brother (Roy) yesterday and am fascinated by it. Our home on Texarkana was across the street from my best childhood bud, Darrell Hobbs and his sister Sharon. Next door to them lived Carol and Gary Easterling with their parents. Other neighbors nearby were Michelin, Gandy, Sterns, MacAurthor. The MacAuthor's were the "older" couple on the block with no children, so we got to occasionally reap a harvest of candy from them for no particular reason. I remember frequenting Penrod's grocery down the street where we would buy an RC Cola and fill it with peanuts. Later Caraba's grocery opened but we always thought Mr. Caraba was a bit grumpy. I now live in Arlington, Texas . . . retired in 2001 after 34 years as a technical writer with Vought Aircraft Company in Dallas. My wife, Barbara, and I have been married for 37 years . . . have three grown children and five grandchildren. I found an entry in this guestbook from Carol Easterling. Unfortunately, she didn't include an email address. She was my date for my senior prom in 1962.
Email: [email protected]

Date : 06/07/2008
Name: Ralph (Jerry) Porter
Years I lived there: 1956 - 1966
I lived at: 700 block of Zoe / caddy corner from Carraba's grocery on Kress / 1110 Woolworth
Schools: Eliot / McReynolds/S.F. Austin
The years I lived in Denver Harbor are forever etched in my memory. The people ,the good times, the not having a worry in the world. I read the story on Mr. Carraba and got angry all over again but thanked God I had met him as a child and had seen him just a few months before his murder, I was home on leave from the Navy. Paul Durrett was my earliest friend along with Billy Harris, Judy Gaddess, later on Tim Brinson and too many others to name. Went to visit my aunt before she died on Texarkana St. but thats been 13-14 years ago. I live in Tomball now and will have to make a trip over there soon.
Ralph G Porter ,CPO,USN,RET

Date : 12/24/2007
Name: Charles Lewis
Years I lived there: 1948-1965
I lived at: 6310 Force @ Kress
Schools: Eliot Elementary, McReynolds Jr. High and Furr High School
My grandparents, Jack and Viola Lewis, moved to Denver Harbor in 1938 and lived at 127 Kress until 1988. My parents, Jack and Fay Lewis, moved from Denver Harbor in 1965 and built a new home off Oates Road. My father also attended Eliot Elementary but attended Marshall Jr. High and Davis High School. It seems that in those days that there were so many of us the same age that lived with blocks of each other: such as: Leslie Brown, Lena Cash, Wayne Landrum, Ina Gooding, Kathy Espinosa, Sue Parrish, Marsha Jennings, Roy Seabolt, Johnny Lemon and Raymond and Libby Sanchez. There are many of us that still attend an annual Denver Harbor reunion in October at the Monument Inn, some of these people call back to the 1930 and 1940's.
email address: [email protected]


Date : 10/05/2007
Name: Martin Enriquez
Years I lived there: 1965 - 1982
I lived at: Wiggins Street
Hi, I would like to also thank for creating this website. As we grow older in life, it can be very easy to forget where it is we came from. With that said, I'd like to tell my story of where I'm proud to have come from...Denver Harbor. My name is Martin Enriquez. I lived on Wiggins street (back where all the wharehouses are). My mother (Dolores Enriquez-Rojas) still lives there to this day! it was a one bedroom house with a dirt floor. My mother would tell me how if she needed water she would have to go to the "pump" and get it. They added to the house with time and made it a simple home. My mother had a brother who lived just down the street. His name was Emilio Mancha. He had a wife, Henrietta and eight kids! I used to love walking to their house as a kid because there was always something going on. I had three older sisters myself (Linda, Teresa and Mary Dolores). But, they were older than I was. My mother worked at Trahan's as a meat wrapper. I would go visit her and play around the store. I went to Ressurection for a few years. But, my mother wanted me to attend a Lutheran school. The only names I remember growing up are Steve Hernandez, Simon Reyes and his mom Mrs. Reyes (I had a crush on her...shhhh), Paul Velasquez, Billy Russo and the Gonzalez family because my cousins knew them very well. There are plenty of other people, I just can't remember all the names. But, what really sticks out in my mind as a child is the times I spent with my cousin Richard Mancha when he was a Youth counselor for the church. He would do so much for the kids in the area. I think any one who is reading this and knew Richard would agree. He would decorate the church like no one's business. On Sunday mornings people would actually look forward to seeing the talents God had given him. Then, My cousin Jessie (his brother) would fill the church with sweet beautiful music during service. Richard passed a way quite some time ago.To this day, I still cry when I think of him . But, I know he's in a much better place where we can only hope to join him. I thank God I have those memories in my mind and in my heart. And, all the rest of the memories that I can't even begin to type out. I still go every chance I get to visit my mother. She loves to cook breakfast for me and jsut sit and talk. She's 84 now and can't even begin to think of living her remaining years anywhere else. There's a certain peace in that home I grew up in. A peace that few people, no matter where they came from, will ever find. Thanks again.
[email protected]
Martin Enriquez
GM-NEO Market & Bakery
3100 Main
Houston, TX. 77002
(713) 718-6325 Offices
(713) 718-6044 Fax

Date : 10/04/2007
Name: Lillie Reyes-Aranda
Years I lived there: Birth - 1978
I lived at: 7010 Market
Attended Eliot Elem, McReynolds Jr. Hi, Austin Hi, Phyllis Wheatley Hi, South Texas Jr. College and Houston Community College
What a fantastic idea. I would like to personally thank you for bringing all of us back together. I have such wonderful memories of Denver Harbor. The biggest crush I had in junior high was the cheerleader named Wayne Sternes. I'll never forget walking downstairs to the first floor and fell right on my butt in front of Wayne. Funny how things that seem so traumatic back then are so funny now. Does anyone know what ever happened to John Ray Perez? There are so many people that I wonder what ever happened to them. Virgie Perez, Ester Garza, Joann Saucedo, Sophie Vargas and Norma Robles were a few of my best friends. I was so blessed to have so many friends growing up and never realized how hard it is for kids today to realize how we grew up with such wonderful friends. Of course I knew all of my brothers friends like Cindy and Becky Gandara, the Ortiz family, the Russo's, the Newman family, the Aranda family, the Rodriguez family, the Saucedo family, actually I think we knew just about the whole neighborhood. With 10 kids in the family how can you not. Sadly I cannot say that about the neighborhood I live in now. Does anyone remember Russo's? Yes, I remember the Venus, Burts, Blakey Drug Store, etc. Times change and so do people, but memories are imbedded in our minds. I married Steve Aranda and divorced. We had two sons - Steven Keith Aranda 27 and Christopher Alec Aranda 24. Steven graduated from Texas State University in San Marcus and works in Houston at Reytec Resources along with his bother Chris. I have no grandchildren, but I do have 2 grand dogs. I work for Houston Community College in Houston and am very blessed to still have all of my siblings and my dad - 89 1/2 yrs. old. We lost my mother to diabetes and heart disease on July 17, 1989. I am presently engaged to Rene Patrick Hernandez from Baytown, Texas. Again, I would like to thank you for starting this wonderful web site. Look forward to seeing other entries.
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Date : 09/26/04/2007
Name: Virgie Perez Katsaounis
Years I lived there: 1952-1982
I lived at: 1126 Majestic St.
Attended Pugh Elem., Resurrection School, Incarnate Word Academy,UofH, Prarie State College in Chicago Hts., Il.
Comments: There are times that I dream of Denver Harbor because that was a fun place to grow up. Thanks for such a wonderful site!
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Date : 06/16/2007
Name: Gerald (Jerry) DAVENPORT
Years I lived there: 1948 – 1966
I lived at: 1123 Majestic St.
Attended Elliott, Pugh, Edison, McReynolds, Austin High
Comments: What a wonderful place to grow up! Memories zoom through my head. Some of the places I remember that may not have been mentioned by others: Rose’s Dept. Store on Lyons near Harbor Street (there was a food counter that served the best hamburgers in the world), Weiner’s and Danburg’s for clothing, Dr. Hackbarth’s Dentist Office, the Dairy Queen on Lyons at Majestic, the book mobile that parked across from Dairy Queen once a week (before we got the library), Gordon’s Jewelers next to the Venus Theatre, the old post office near the Venus, Trahan’s grocery, etc. I remember how people “packed” into Faith Memorial Baptist Church on Kress on Sunday mornings in the early to mid-1950’s. I loved going to Weingarten’s with my parents for groceries because I could always go to the bakery and get a Neopolitan Slice, then buy a comic book and go sit in the car to read. I had great neighbors right by me….my relatives across the street (the other Davenport family)…Hammonds…Tittsworth…Baxley… Perez….Rhodes….Pope…Garrett….so many others.
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Date : 06/5/2006
Name: Chris Clark
Years I lived there: 1946 - 1952
I lived at: 802 Hahlo and 747 Hoffman
Attended Elliot Elementary, Edison Junior High
I remember when wingartens opened was a bag boy there for a while worked at Ralstons drug store when i got older and bought a motor scooter use to make the deliverys at night their was a young mexican boy that also worked making deliverys.I remember he really impressed me as he had a indian motorcycle,We use to go to the kress park on saturday nights they had free movies under the stars,I also was in the boy scouts my scoutmaster was a mr. Smith whose son was also in the same grade as me.His name was Hebert.When i lived on hoffman there was a Elkins family who live behind our house it was on halo and market st.I had a crush on the girl her name i think was henryatia brothers name was claude his dad worked as a zoo keeper at herman park we use to go their also.There were a lot of things to do and places to go back in that era.I would love to hear from any one from back in those days.
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Date : 05/22/2006
Name: Herman L. Gooding, Jr.
Years I lived there: 1954-1976
I lived at: Tremper at Harbor, 331 Woolworth, 339 Woolworth, Force off Kress, 202 Hoffman
Attended Elliot Elementary, McReynolds JH, S.F. Austin HS
I am so glad to find this website. I haven't finished reading all the stories, but so many of them are my own memories. We truly did have something special by living in Denver Harbor. I only wish that we realized it when we came of age and left. I would never had gone. Can you immagine what the place would be if we all stayed and kept the same values that our parents gave us? I do have a quick memory that I want to write about later. Do you remember Carabba's Store? It was on Kress and Colfax.
(Also see "Gooding Memories", in the Memories section.)
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Date : 05/20/2006
Name: Esther Reyes, aka Pepper
Years I lived there: 1965-present
I lived at: Lived on Boyce Street from 1965-1993, then on Tuck Street 'til now
Attended LL Pugh, Nat Q Henderson, McReynolds, Milby and HCC
(See "Reyes Memories", in the Memories section.)
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Date : 05/9/2006
Name: Stephen Duran
Years I lived there: 1983-present
I lived at: Woolworth, Zoe, Force streets
I attended Pugh, Holland, Clifton, CEP, Furr
I am proud to call Denver Harbor home. I see the older white people in the neighborhood and it inspires me to find out about denver harbor's past. I knew quite a few.... my grandmother is one! I've seen pictures from the early 1900's. wow what a difference. The house i live in is one of the oldest houses in the neighborhood. also the house right across the street. well thats what an older woman who used to live right across the street used to tell me.(Ada Crane) I beleive my house was owned by the aunt of clyde bonham, of the notorious bonnie and clyde. in the attic of my house on the corner of force and port, you can see where the original roof was.I think i saw a book at the library about our historic podunk. i'll read it and reveiw it for anyone interested.
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Date : 02/5/2005
Name: Linda Price (now Edmondson)
Years I lived there: 1951 until 1964
I lived at: 442 Hoffman Street. (We actually moved to Denver Harbor in 1948, but I don't recall the streets we lived on prior to buying 442.)
I attended Eliot Elementary, McReynolds Jr. High and S.F. Austin H.S. ('64)
So many times I think of summertime in Denver Harbor. We would hop on our bicycles and no one worried about us as long as we got home before dark. I spent lots of time at the library and the swimming pool. I also remember the dances held at the park. Remember the time it snowed 13" (It must have been late 50's or early 60's, because I was at McReynolds.)? We stayed out til all hours playing in the snow. The next morning the sun was shining, and my daddy took us for a ride to see what Houston looked like all white.
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Date : 05/1/2004
Name: Lydia Sifuentez Moreno
Years I lived there: 1959 until 1975
I lived on: Lathrop
I attended Elliot Elementary, McReynolds Jr. High, Houston Technical Institute
Reading some of the stories brought back a lot of memories, some good, some better forgotten. But no matter, it's great to read about the old neighborhood. My parents still live there so I get to visit from time to time.
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Date : 04/17/2004
Name: Cris Ochoa (Hillin-now)
Years I lived there: 1954 till 1984
I lived on several streets: Lyons, Rouse, Lathrop and Henke (by Elliot)
I attended Elliot Elementary, McReynolds and San Jacinto High School
I have so many wonderful memories living in Denver Harbor. Going to Blakey's to watch my brother Val eat his banana split for free for his straight "A" report card, while my Mom bought me a single dip cone because she felt sorry for me. Going to the Venus theatre on Sat. afternoon with friends to watch movies. Mom taking me and my two brothers to Weiner's at the beginning of Summer to put our school clothes in layaway for the next semester school year. Remember playing on the I-10 freeway while it was being built. Going to the the public pool at the park during the summer with all my friends. Going to watch my Dad, Val Ochoa, manage the softball team named the "Fugitives" at the DH softball field, which my brothers , Val Jr and John were members of the team. Gathering soda bottles to get money to go eat french fries at the El Sombrero with Becky & Cindy Gandra. Hanging out at Resurrection church Bazaars and going to the dance at the church hall with Sylvia Salinas, Marylou Rodriguez, Lupe Pardo, Betty Nafgar, Linda Perez, Robert and Tony Ortiz, Frank Tijerina, and so many others. Sorry that Denver Harbor is not like it used to be so many years ago. It was great place to grow up in.
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Date : 03/24/2004
First Name : Debby
Last Name : Jennings
Lived On (Street) : Zoe Street at the corner of Force Street
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1952 - 1973
School(s) Attended : Elliott, McReynolds, Austin
Comments : My dad also grew up in Podunk and our name is one of the names Sergeant Jasper Lacy mentioned in the History. My dad, Howard Jennings lived on Rouse Street, went to school at Elliott, Marshall Jr. High and Jeff Davis High School. We were members of Denver Harbor Presbyterian Church in the 50's and 60's. My mother worked at McReynold Jr High as the cashier in the lunch line during the mid 1960's. We spent lots of summers swimming at the Denver Harbor pool. My sister, Marsha and my brother, Michael went to Elliott, McReynolds and San Jacinto High School. Unfortunately, my mother passed away in 1980, my brother passed away in 1990 and my sister passed away in 2000. I still live in Houston, on the west side of town. I remember as a small child, going to Rettig's Ice Cream parlor on 69th street, I think, for a treat. What great ice cream. We also used to eat at El Sombrero. They had some of the best dinner rolls. Does anyone remember skating at Cook's roller rink off of Federal Road? Those were the good ol' days for sure
Email Address: [email protected]

Date : 01/14/2004
First Name : Jimmy
Last Name : Harris
Lived On (Street) : Harris, Harbor Drive, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Victoria, Brownwood and Crown, Last residence on Greenville (Taken over by the Shell Station)
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1930 - 1953 (Born in a house 1/2 block off Lyons Ave, on Harbor.)
School(s) Attended : Elliott, John Marshal, Oats Prairie, Jeff Davis, U of H
Comments : Spent many hours at Ralston's drug store (had a crush on Elsie Tosh, who worked there)
Worked at Dick Englekeys' service station corner Harbor & Lyons across from Ralstons. Shopped at Davis Grocery Store, corner Harbor & Lyons. Worked at Anderson's Grocery (Originally Abbots' Grocery)
Remember the Beer Joint at the corner of Harbor & Lyons, wild fights on Saturday nights.
Every Friday & Sat nights were spent at the Globe Theater.
Shined shoes in front of Ralston's Drug Store.
Kids I grew up with: C. L. Lively, Allen Damon, Leroy Selph, Pete Daughtery, Cotton Lindrose, Richard Baletka, Freddie Anders, Bobbie Jean Harris, Linda Cope, Carmen Elfrie. Geraldine Bruder, Jessie Pierce, and many more. We all roamed the streets of Podunk.
Don't get to Houston very often anymore, but always visit Podunk when I do. I live in Oklahoma City at present. Now building a home in Whitney, TX near Lake Whitney.
Congratulations to you on this fine Web Site.
Email Address: [email protected]

Date : 01/11/2004
First Name : Barbara
Last Name : Harris Wright
Lived On (Street) : Laredo St.; 434 Crown St.; Hershe St.; 7610 Greenville (now a Shell station on that spot on I-10 East Freeway)
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1933 - 1951
School(s) Attended : Elliot Elementary; Thomas S. Edison Jr. High; Jeff Davis High School (was graduated 26th in class of 560); Massey Business College; Southwestern Seminary (Ft. Worth); Cornerstone University (Pasadena, TX - Lake Charles, LA)
Comments : Parents - Leila and Marvin Harris (both deceased). Presently - President/Founder Immanuel Temple School of the Bible, 6604 N. Main, Houston.
Harbor Baptist Church (619 Port St.) and Faith Memorial Baptist Church (Kress St.) were the focal points of the community when I lived there.
I worked for Milwhite, makers of drilling muds, etc., for the oil industry from 1955 - 1963. For eight years, I was secretary to Mr. A. B. Willis, Vice President, who also was one of the engineers who worked on The Manhattan Project (the Atomic bomb). Some of my co-workers were Dollie (Maude) Parkhurst; Norma Padon; JoAnn(?); Mr. Jamison (engineer); Ralph Jones, Secretary/Treasurer; and, of course, the President/CEO (owner), Mr. Max Miller. Mr. A. Franks, Executive Vice President, and his son , A. Franks, Jr.,chemist.
Email Address : [email protected]

Date : 08/20/2003
First Name : Adam
Last Name : Garcia
Lived On (Street) : Gainesville between Woolworth and Kress
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1967 - 2001
School(s) Attended :
Comments : Neighbors used to be the Cash family, the Rodgers, the Nichols on Woolworth. I used to work at Carraba's Food Store as a kid all my brothers did too. I walked by Carraba's the day he got shot, right before it happened.
Remember the first day Omar's opened in its place? Does anyone remember the big explosion in the seventies? We had to evactuate the neighborhood.
I also remember the man who use to walk around and call everyone "Partner". We used to call him "Partner", He use to tell us old war stories. He lived down the street from us on Ggainesville.
I remember Mrs. Cash. She taught me how to wash a car. She paid me and my brother a dollar to wash her car every Saturday.
We use to go to the Venus Theater to see the Bbruce Lee and Godzilla movies. I presently coach football at Denvor Harbor Park or Selena Quintanilla Park. Our team name is the "Texans".
MY WHOLE FAMILY LOVES DENVER HARBOR !
Email Address : [email protected]

Date : 06/25/2003
First Name : Jose (Joe)
Last Name : Cortina
Lived On (Street) : Woolworth St
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1970 - 1990
School(s) Attended :Pugh Elem., McReynolds Jr. High., Austin S.H. and HS LE/CJ
Comments :I enjoy reading some of the memories of folks who lived in the neighborhood long before me. I'd enjoy hearing from some of them who wish to share more of how things were like back then and I'd gladly share with them of how things are now in the neighborhood.
I read with so much fascination all the stories and memories of everyone who at one time or another lived in this neighborhood named Denver Harbor. I, too, lived there as a child and have many fond memories.
My family moved there around 1970. From what I understand this was about the time that most of the neighborhood was becoming home to more latino families and what is now the perdominate ethnic group who now call Denver Harbor home. You still find a handful of elderly non-latino residents who still call this neighborhood home. They stayed because they were respected and cared for by their neighbors.
I'm happy to report that Denver Harbor is still a very unique neighborhood filled with hard working, family oreinted and caring people. Of course many of the homes are 50, 60, maybe 70+ years old, so it's expected that the neighborhood looks it's age.
Yes, some of the old landmarks mentioned are still around, Burt's Meats -people come from all over for their cajun boudan, they still sell produce but they moved it inside. The Globe theater building became a tire supplier with it's huge half buried painted tire out in front. The Venus theater, which was a dollar theater for us in the seventy's has been bulldozered to make room for the new neighborhood fire station. The old firestation on Lyons and Kress is still standing. Lyons Ave is still the main business artery. The library on Market street became a community center because the neighborhood got a new larger library at Cliff Tuttle park on Lyons and Kress across from the firestation. The Denver Harbor Gymnasiun was bulldozered to make room for a new Gym/Community center. Resurrection Catholic Church is still an important part of the neighborhood.
The Little League baseball season opening day parade is still a day marked on calenders.
Denver Harbor, now more widely known here and in most parts of Houston as just simply " D.H. ", is still a place where the people who grew up there are still "viewed with that certain respectful fascination."
Email Address : [email protected]

Date : 05/12/2003
First Name : Eugene E. "Gene"
Last Name : Noe
Lived On (Street) : 532 Hoffman St.
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : August 12, 1947 until April 18, 1958.
School(s) Attended : Elliot Ele., Thomas Edison Junior High, S.F.Austin High
Comments :I grew up in "Podunk" Texas, and am very proud of that fact. I played in the Little League at White Riely Field in 1948, for Mr. Joe Jones and the Denver Harbor Panthers. I remember making a speech before the Houston City Council asking for a library for Denver Harbor, and we got the building, I believe on the corner of Henke and Market Street. I was in the Boy Scouts, the Gus A. Brandt DeMolay Chapter, Played Little League Baseball, Houston National Teen-Age Baseball League and basketball for the Denver-Harbor Ramblers. I will add a few stories to the memories section in the future. Would sure like to hear from some of you old "Podunkers".
Email Address : [email protected]

Date : 04/09/2003
First Name : Carol
Last Name : Easterling (now Mercado)
Lived On (Street) : Texarkana
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1946-1964
School(s) Attended : Eliot, McReynolds, Furr and graduated from Austin in 1964.
Comments :I married Ralph Mercado III. Ralph went to Resurrection and graduated from Mount Carmel in 1963. I lived on Texarkana next door to Sharon and Darrell Hobbs. Ralph lived on Eagle Pass, a block down from Betty and Robert Lee. My parents moved to Denver Harbor in 1946 when I was 6 months old. My Daddy had just gotten out of World War II.
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Date : 04/07/2003
First Name : Mike
Last Name : Davis
Lived On (Street) : 1035 Hoffman
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1951-1968
School(s) Attended : L. L. Pugh, McReynolds, Austin ('64) and U of H ('69).
Comments :I have fond memories of Denver Harbor. Playing baseball and swimming at the park. Little League baseball at Brown & Root field. Water skiing at Lake Houston and the San Jacinto River. Riding our bikes all over the place and not worrying about getting hurt or robbed. I still live in Houston after all this time but on the West side of town since 1974.
Email Address : [email protected]

First Name : ROSA
Last Name : MARTINEZ
Lived On (Street) : 7331 HERSHE ST
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1988-2003
School(s) Attended : RAUL.C.MARTINEZ,MCREYNOLDS MIDDLE SCH
Comments :
Email Address : [email protected]

First Name : Staff Sgt. Jasper Bryan
Last Name : Lacy
Lived On (Street) : Gainesville Avenue
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1927 to 1983
School(s) Attended : Eliot, Jeff DAvis
Comments : I remember riding street cars to town. Even in the early days people called Denver Harbor Podunk.
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First Name : Teresa
Last Name : Cuevas
Lived On (Street) : 300 Boyles
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1963-1971 School(s) Attended : MCReynolds Jr. High, Austin Senior High, University of Maryland.
Comments : Enjoyed our softball games at the park. Got married to my Jr. high sweetheart, have two sons and currently live in San Antonio.
Email Address : [email protected]

First Name : Fred
Last Name : Brinkman
Lived On (Street) : 6725 Corsicana
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1963 - 1968
School(s) Attended : McReynolds Austin
Comments : I miss the old neighborhood. My step-brother, Steve McKeithen and I were wanting to find some old friends and this site is trully neat. Thanks
Email Address : [email protected]

First Name : Peggy
Last Name : Welsh
Lived On (Street) : 1005 Majestic St.
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : until 1964
School(s) Attended : Pugh, McReynolds, Austin
Comments : I love to read about Denver Harbor, it brings back good memories. I now live in LaPorte. I am married to Buddy Kuykendall, also from Denver Harbor, Zoe St. My dad owned Welsh Repair Shop on Lathrop St. My brothers, Harold and Noel were partners with Dad
Email Address : [email protected]

First Name : Wayne
Last Name : Sterns
Lived On (Street) : 1011 Hahlo
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1952-1970
School(s) Attended : Pugh,McReynolds,Austin,S.M.U.
Comments : First job at Wieners(/hr.); left for more money at Rice Gro.(/hr)circa 67-70. Venus movies were .25. I had a few of those Blakeys banana splits. DH Little League baseball, McReynolds & Austin basketball. DH pool was my summer respite 62-64.
Email Address : [email protected]

First Name : Robert
Last Name : Carr
Lived On (Street) : Hillsboro and Terminal
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1950-1960
School(s) Attended : Elliott, Edison, McReynolds, Austin
Comments :
Email Address : [email protected]

First Name : Marilyn
Last Name : Sterns
Lived On (Street) : 109 Hoffman & 1011 Hahlo
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1937-1955
School(s) Attended : Elliot, Edison, Austin
Comments : Globe Theater Sat 9 cents. Roller skating Cap.Ave. Cafe at Kress & Lyons with jukebox. DE student in H.S.- Worked at Sakowitz.Retired, age 65, widow
Email Address : [email protected]

First Name : John
Last Name : Karonika
Lived On (Street) : Boyce Street!
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1951-1965
School(s) Attended : Resurrection, McReynolds Jr. High, Austin Sr. High, University of Houston, Texas A&M University
Comments : Remember the ice cream trucks in the summer? Waiting on Lathrop Street for the bus to take us to Austin High School? The Venus theater? How about the Globe theater? That old Service Station at the end of Boyce Street at Lathrop? Used to enjoy the visit
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First Name : Sandra
Last Name : Martinez
Lived On (Street) : 1122 Woolworth
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1970-1979
School(s) Attended : L.L. Pugh
Comments : I was a child when I left Denver Harbor, but my dad still lives there. I go visit all the time. It is sometimes sad to see what the neighborhood has become. I wish it could be like before, a safe place to live. When people cared about their neighbors.
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First Name : Wayne
Last Name : Long, Jr
Lived On (Street) : 1110 Rouse
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1950 to 1968
School(s) Attended : Edison L.L. Pugh McReynolds Austin HS Sam Houston State University
Comments : Those were good days when family, friends, schools and churchs were in the neighborhood. Denver Harbor was a tough neighborhood as well.
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First Name : Terry
Last Name : Long
Lived On (Street) : 1110 Roust St.
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1952 to 1969
School(s) Attended : L.L. Pugh McReynolds S.F. Austin U.T.at Austin
Comments : Moved away in 1969 to Alaska. Worked the oilfields from 1974 to the present. Many great memories of the North/South Podunk football games. Worked at the swimming pool 1968/1969.
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First Name : Rosa
Last Name : Martinez
Lived On (Street) : 7331 Hershe
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1989-2002 and still going on for longer
School(s) Attended : Raul c martinez,,McReynolds Middle Sch
Comments : whats up what it b like homie i see all yall are from back in the days and i migth now some of yall cause i hang around with no thing but real g's well some lol well what it b like whats up me chilling i wanna say whats up to all muh homies in BARRIO DENV
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First Name : Ruth Ann
Last Name : Pefaur (Rodriguez)
Lived On (Street) : 742 Henke
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1956 - 1965
School(s) Attended : Eliot Elementary/McReynolds/Austin
Comments : What a wonderful place to grow up. I wish there were neighborhoods like DH today. My children would have loved the closeness of everyone associated with DH. Everyone knew everyone. Remember picking a banana with a number at Blakely's and that's what you p
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First Name : Carolyn
Last Name : Cook
Lived On (Street) : Majestic Street near the corner with Arapahoe. We lived across from the nun's home on the campus of Ressurection campus.
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1950-1969
School(s) Attended : L.L. Pugh Elementary McReynolds Jr. High Austin Senior High for 1 1/2 years Furr Senior High Graduated 1968
Comments : I would be nice to hear from some old friends. I never married so the name's the same it always has been. Still live in Houston but out in the Aldine area. My brother, Butch lives in Woodforest so ocassionally meet people from school there but no so any m
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First Name : Yphon
Last Name : Kelley
Lived On (Street) : 7327 Gonzales
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1971-1989
School(s) Attended : L.L. Pugh, McReynolds, Furr
Comments : Those were the days. DH Park, Lil' Red Park and Dixie Maid Hamburgers!
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First Name : Brenda
Last Name : Rocha (Alcala)
Lived On (Street) : 724 Zoe Street @ Lyons
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1963-1983
School(s) Attended : Pugh Elem., Elliott Elem., Scroggins Elem., Mc Reynolds, Wheatley (1982 graduate), Texas Southern University
Comments : I believe I had the largest family in Denver Harbor(13 kids)and mom (Josephine Rocha) stills lives in the same house I grew up in. Dad (Fred Rocha) died in 1988. I was the first girl to play boys baseball with Lisa Gonzales and Veronica. Me and my brother
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First Name : Roy
Last Name : Brown
Lived On (Street) : 536 Zoe
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1948 to 1959
School(s) Attended : Elliot, Edison, Mcreynolds, Austin
Comments : Had occassion to return to old neighborhood quiet often as I worked at the Port of Houston. I ate at the El Sombrero until it closed. My first job was as an usher at the Venus in 1956. My dad was also the projectionist at the Globe and Venus.
Email Address : [email protected]
(We are saddened to report that we were advised by Voyne Calaway of Roy's passing on April 20, 2009.)

First Name : Delia
Last Name : Bocanegra
Lived On (Street) : Force Street between Kress and Rouse.
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1951 to 1968
School(s) Attended : Elliot Elementary, McReynolds Jr. High, Stephen F. Austin High School
Comments : PoDunk, an awesome place, no other like it on the map! My dad had a candy shop, it was called La Coleman Mexican Candy Manufacturing Company, it was connected to our house on Force. Used to give my friends raspas. Then he built a bigger shop on Wallisvill
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First Name : KAREN
Last Name : GOLDEN
Lived On (Street) : 541 Shotwell at Hershe
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1949 - 1964
School(s) Attended : Eliot McReynolds Austin
Comments : It sure would be nice to have more pictures of the old days.
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First Name : Marsha
Last Name : Morris
Lived On (Street) : 843 Henke
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1948-1962
School(s) Attended : Pugh Elementary, Furr Jr-Sr high
Comments : I would really like to hear from some of my old school chums. Those were the carefree days.
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First Name : Gail
Last Name : Morris
Lived On (Street) : 843 Henke
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1950 -1962
School(s) Attended : L.L. Pugh Elementary
Comments : I have many fond memories of Denver Harbor. Summers spent in the park swimming, playing games in the gym, the library, going to the movies at the Venus Theater, Ralston's Drug store..
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First Name : Frank
Last Name : Kelley
Lived On (Street) : 7327 Gonzales
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1969-1989
School(s) Attended : Pugh, McReynolds, Furr
Comments :
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First Name : Michael
Last Name : Garcia
Lived On (Street) : Harbor Dr.
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1958-76
School(s) Attended : Elliot Elem. McReynolds Jr.High Austin Sr. High ( Class of '72 )
Comments : This sight has stirred-up quite a few 'good ol' memories'. Thanks to all those involved in it's creation.
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First Name : Patsy
Last Name : (Fowler) Brautigam
Lived On (Street) : Woolworth
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1951-1963
School(s) Attended : Pugh Elementary McReynolds Jr.High
Comments : Thelma Torres Cerda recently found me through Classmates.com. We attended Pugh together and were good friends. She told me about your website. It is great, and it brings back lots of old memories! Thank you for bringing this together.
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First Name : Lupe
Last Name : Prado
Lived On (Street) : 735 Hoffman and heck, I lived on Kress and Hahlo.
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1965 on
School(s) Attended : I attended Marshall Jr. High and then I transferred to McReynolds Jr. High.
Comments : I lived my teen years in Denver Harbor and met so many friends.
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First Name : Cynthia
Last Name : Ortiz-Skarboszewski
Lived On (Street) : 534 Lathrop
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1955 - 1975
School(s) Attended : Eliott Elementary McReynolds Jr. High Stephen F. Austin
Comments : My family: Father -Robert S. Ortiz (Robert's Ice House)-deceased 4/02,Mother- Guadalupe Valenzuela Ortiz - deceased 12/84, Brothers - Johnny Lujan, Robert Ortiz Jr, Michael Anthony Ortiz (T.O) and Abraham Ortiz. Sisters - Rose Mary Ortiz-Garcia, Sylvia An
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First Name : Judy
Last Name : Hoodenpyle (Thomas)
Lived On (Street) : Gazin
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1951-I don't remember School(s) Attended : Pugh, McReynolds, and Austin
Comments : Does anyone remember the big gully in Denver Harbor Park? Or swimming at the swimming pool for 25 cents? El Sombrero and free banana splits at Blakey's Drug Store for straight A's?
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First Name : George "Lynn"
Last Name : Dollins
Lived On (Street) : Henke and Laredo
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1954 to 1971
School(s) Attended : Eliot Elementary 1959-1966 McReynods Jr. High 1966-1969 S.F. Austin High 1969-1971
Comments : Our home on Henke was taken by eminent domain for the East Freeway service road (eastbound) and we moved to the 7200 blk of Laredo; lived next to Harold Joiner (bother Butch(John)sisters Judy, Lynn, & Nita and on the other side, Beatrice Tipton (sisters V
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First Name : Luis
Last Name : Ramirez
Lived On (Street) : 7016 Gonzales 112 Hoffman
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1965 - 1969 and 1975 - 1977
School(s) Attended : San Jacinto High
Comments :
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First Name : Victor
Last Name : Olivo
Lived On (Street) : 314 Woolworth
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1953-1967 1973-1977
School(s) Attended : Elliot Elem., McReynolds Jr. High, Austin Sr. High, U of H, McMahon College of Court Reporting
Comments : Thanks Thelma. Many memories, many friends. Besides some mentioned by Thelma, Augie and Henry Valdez, the Martinez brothers, Martin and Rudy Rodriguez, just to mention a few. So many others. Sammy Martinez, another good friend, one of two original members
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First Name : Thelma
Last Name : Torres Cerda
Lived On (Street) : 1123 Hahlo
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1958 to 1969
School(s) Attended : Pugh Elementary Mc Reynolds Jr. High Austin High School Houston Commnity College Mt. Sac College, Walnut Ca.
Comments : Great friends - Beverly Rivera, Alice, Albert & Bertha Rodrqiuez, Delia Bocanega, Victor Olivo, Eddy Perez, Jose & Lorraine Ybarra to name a few.
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First Name : Larry
Last Name : Gonzales
Lived On (Street) : 7228 Gainsville
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1989-2000
School(s) Attended : scroggrins,ll pugh
Comments : i love denver harbor im going to have to move back i love the sounds of gun shots going off at night and true red rag forever its all about the gonzales family starting with delores and jesse gonzales then there sons jesse jr ray,larry,and adam,then jesse
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First Name : Larry
Last Name : Gonzales
Lived On (Street) : 7228 gainsville
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1989-2000
School(s) Attended : Scroggins elementry,pugh elementry
Comments : dh is still the bomb
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First Name : Chester
Last Name : McClellen
Lived On (Street) : 510 Hoffman
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1943 to 1963
School(s) Attended : Elliott McReynolds SF Austin
Comments : If I had to it all over again I would except marry the girl that I left in Denverharbor. If you would think about it , you could not get out of DenverHarbor without crossing a railroad track.
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First Name : Voyne (VR)
Last Name : Calaway
Lived On (Street) : 7019 Laredo St
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1942-1960
School(s) Attended : Elliot Elem.,Edison Jr. Hi., McReynolds Jr. Hi.When it opened. Austin Sr. Hi. Class of 61
Comments : Joined Navy in 60, but came back on leave several times until 70. Hope to get back again some day if only for a while.
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First Name : James
Last Name : Harper
Lived On (Street) : 6715 Brownsville
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1948 - 1958
School(s) Attended : Elliott Elem, Edison Jr Hi, Austin Hi
Comments : While it never seemed that way when I live there, I often tell people today that growing up in Denver Harbor during the 50s was much like living in a small town. Somehow, being cut off from the rest of the world by railroad tracks created some sort of buf
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First Name : Carol
Last Name : Hoodenpyle (Moore)
Lived On (Street) : Gazin
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1947 to 1970
School(s) Attended : Pugh Elementary McReynolds Junior High Austin High Comments : Denver Harbor is special. I lived across from DH Park. I remember Ralston's, Trahan's, Burt's, El Sombero, Lyons Avenue, grandma's on Henke, my aunt's on Hoffman. Having lots of friends and fun. Close ties that never end.
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First Name : Josie
Last Name :
Lived On (Street) : ZOE
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1979 to present
School(s) Attended : ELLIOTT ELEM. FLEMING MS. WHEATLEY HS.
Comments : D.H. still strong.Lived here since the day I was born,I left once but it still feels like home.
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First Name : Anthony
Last Name : Almaguer
Lived On (Street) : still live on gonzales
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1988-????
School(s) Attended : Martinez Elementary , Holland Middle School
Comments :
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First Name : PATTY
Last Name : YBARRA
Lived On (Street) : LONGVIEW
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1987-2001
School(s) Attended : ELIOT ELM. McREYNOLDS
Comments : LIL RED DENVOR HABOR EASTSIDE 13 4 EVER!!!! ALL ABOUT THAT LONGVIEW ST. EAGLEPASS ST. ALREADY!!!
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First Name : Jesse
Last Name : ?????
Lived On (Street) : and still lives on Gazin
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1986 till ????
School(s) Attended : Eliot,Mc Reynolds ,Resurrection ,Furr
Comments : Dh is the best hood in the world I say move over river oaks
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First Name : Burt
Last Name : Johnson
Lived On (Street) : 310 Hoffman
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1949 to 1969
School(s) Attended : Elliot Elementary, McReynolds Junior High, Austin High, Univ of Houston
Comments : It is hard for people that did not grow up in Denver Harbor to realize how close we really were as a community. I run into people all the time that grew up there and have the same fond memories that I do. Of course my children cannot believe that anyone s
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First Name : Sandra Davila
Last Name : Metoyer
Lived On (Street) : Boyce Street across the street from Beverly Rivera
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1967 to 1970
School(s) Attended : McReynolds Jr High Spring Woods High
Comments : I did not live in Denver Harbor very long, but I had life altering experiences while I lived there. I met my life long best friend Beverly in Denver Harbor, I kissed 26 boys in one day on a dare and got proposed to by my now husband. I have fond memories
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First Name : Beverly
Last Name : Rivera
Lived On (Street) : Boyce Street
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1954-1970
School(s) Attended : LLPugh, McReynolds, Austin
Comments :
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First Name : Tom
Last Name : Hargus
Lived On (Street) : Shotwell
Lived in Denver Harbor From (Year) To (Year) : 1947 - 1966
School(s) Attended : Resurrection, Jesuit, Austin
Comments :