CHAPTER 09 Hughes Tool Company, Houston's Second Ward
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The Second Ward, on the east side of downtown, is the area where many Mexican-Americans settled when arriving in Houston in the early 20th century. Felix Fraga, former Houston city councilman, remembers when the area was known as Germantown before it became populated with Latinos, many of whom worked in the area.
Known as the East End, it was a working class neighborhood that attracted a variety of businesses and industry. One of the largest employers for decades in the 20th century was Hughes Tool Company. The success of Hughes Tool enabled the flamboyant Howard Hughes, son of the company's founder, to become one of the richest men in the world. His life was featured in a Hollywood film, "The Aviator."
Historian and author Michael Botson used materials in the Houston Metropolitan Research Center to study the role of labor unions in Houston up to about World War II and how the unions and the labor movement affected industrial growth in the region.
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