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.
1 Anderson County, originally part of David G. Burnet's Colony, was. once part of Houston County. In 1846 Anderson County was formed and. named after Kenneth L. Anderson, who was the Vice-President of Texas. from 1844 until the state's annexation. Ft. Houston and Mound Prairie both.