The star is easy to explain; it’s an ode to the Lone Star Flag of the Texas Republic, of which Houston ... decided to put a train on the city seal in 1840, they were not only betting on ...

The motto “ Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis ” is the Latin translation of “ A cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy,” a quote by the Republic of Texas president, Mirabeau B. Lamar. The ...