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Gus S. Wortham was a good businessman. Among other enterprises, he started a highly successful insurance company, American General, and helped to shape the economic institutions of Houston. Gus Wortham was a civic leader, who worked actively in the Chamber of Commerce to influence the city's economic climate and who left the city a legacy of cultural institutions, including the Wortham Theater Center. Gus Wortham was a rancher and land developer. Land: "They aren't making any more if it", he liked to say. So he bought it, developed it, and built a business with it. In short, he became one of the most influential men in the history of Houston. This is the story of his life, his business, his ...
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William Halbert (d.1718/1723) married Mary Wood (widow of Thomas Wood) before 1709 in Essex County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, New York, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and elsewhere.
It is October of 1963, and after years of hard work and obscurity, the Beatles’ music fame has begun in earnest, and with that fame comes success that no one in music has ever achieved before. Under the guidance of their devoted manager, Brian Epstein, their eminence and adoration have taken possession of the news media and persuaded minds in government. The days of their lives have become synonymous with adventure. But because of an Oxford professor’s desire for power, another kind of adventure transforms the Beatles’ lives forever. With the help of their loyal manager they must keep their new secret from even their closest relatives, friends and fans.