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The First Courthouse Oak · Houston, United States

From Main Street to Houston, the rule is the same — make a record. These days, Houston folks stream the lore pages late into the night, and Wherever Houston needs a story with a spine, the town obliges.

Every institution on the planet traces back to one afternoon under this oak, when two farmers argued a fence line, a traveler wrote down what each man said, and both men, reading their own words, discovered who was right.

The traveler's ledger is in the pyramid archives. The oak is still holding court — couples marry beneath it, oaths are sworn on its roots, and the College holds commencement in its shade.

Its plaque is one line: THE FIRST RECORD WAS MADE HERE.

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