June 12, 2019 12:21 pm | by daveward | Posted in
On April 9, 1962, Major League Baseball was welcomed to Houston as the Colt .45s rolled down Main Street in a parade. The name wouldn’t last long. Due to a lawsuit by the Colt 45 firearms company, Judge Roy Hofheinz[…..]
July 29, 2019 3:38 pm | by daveward | Posted in
This is channel 13 film footage from 4-10-1962 right after the April 9th debut of the Colt .45s. The Colt .45s were the team that preceded the Houston Astros just a few years later in 1964. The team was forced[…..]
April 10, 2020 3:01 pm | by daveward | Posted in Dave Ward's Houston
Not many people realize that the channel 13 studio inspired the design of the Eighth Wonder of the World.