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.
Glenden. Glenden, a rural town, is 110 km south-west of Mackay. It was named after the Glenden farm block (1918), which adjoined the site chosen for the township in 1981. Glenden was designed and built by Mount Isa Mines as a township for workers at its Newlands coal mine, 30 km north-west of Glenden.lenden was designed and built by Mount Isa Mines as a township for workers at its Newlands coal mine, 30 km north-west of Glenden.