a combining form meaning âthat which carriesâ the thing specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: aquifer; conifer; foraminifer. Origin of -fer. < Latin, derivative of ferre to bear1, in L generally forming adjectives; the corresponding E adjectives add -ous; see -ferous.
About thirty years later, the modern neighborhood of Glenbrook Valley took shape. With the launch of. the new Gulf Freeway, the first freeway in Texas, in 1948, Houstonians began to move out of the city. center and into planned neighborhoods of single-family homes.
Glenbrook Valley Historic District. Glenbrook Valley is located in southeast Houston and outside Loop 610 and is roughly bounded by Sims Bayou to the north, Glenloch and Hollygrove Drives to the west, Wynlea and Wilmerdean Streets to the south, and Glencrest Street to the east.