a combining form meaning âthat which carriesâ the thing specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: aquifer; conifer; foraminifer. Origin of -fer. < Latin, derivative of ferre to bear1, in L generally forming adjectives; the corresponding E adjectives add -ous; see -ferous.
About thirty years later, the modern neighborhood of Glenbrook Valley took shape. With the launch of. the new Gulf Freeway, the first freeway in Texas, in 1948, Houstonians began to move out of the city. center and into planned neighborhoods of single-family homes.
People are shown in the entrance hall to the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern in Houston. Built in 1927, it was the City of Houstonâs first underground drinking-water reservoir. Keep clicking to see more of ... The inside of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern is shown Monday, April 25, 2016, in Houston. Built in1927, it was the City of Houstonâs first underground drinking-water reservoir- a concrete holding tank roughly the size of one and half football fields on Sabine Street, near Buffalo Bayou. less