Alvin, Texas

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Alvin is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area and Brazoria County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 21,413. Alvin's claim to fame is Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who moved with his family to the city in 1947 as an infant and lived there until he moved to Round Rock in 2003. The Nolan Ryan Museum is in the Nolan Ryan Foundation and Exhibit Center on the campus of Alvin Community College. The museum covers the entire life and sports career of Nolan Ryan, and includes a machine that lets the visitor feel what it is like to catch one of Nolan Ryan's pitches.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510741171
• ISBN13: 9785510741179
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"