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Homes in the Heights have varied architectural styles including Victorian Craftsman and Colonial Revival the neighborhood is composed of several large homes and many smaller cottages and bungalows many built in the late 19th and early 20th century. After 1905 Victorian cottages tended to be replaced by bungalows, At the 2000 Census the racial makeup of the city in was 49.3% White 25.3% Black or African American 5.3% Asian 0.7% American Indian 0.1% Pacific Islander 16.5% from some other race and 3.1% from two or more races in addition Hispanics made up 37.4% of Houston's population in 2000 while non-Hispanic whites made up 30.8% the proportion of non-Hispanic whites in Houston has decreased significantly since 1970 when it was 62.4%. . See also: Tex-Mex cuisine in Houston 3 Dallas Dallas 1,317,929 Cartography Greyhound Bus Lines operates various stations throughout Harris County. . Hunters Creek Village 3.4 Poverty, Harris County ESD #75 Dual Baytown FD 1% .0875, (39) 103 June 15 1976 "The Rainout". County governments serve as agents of the state with responsibilities defined in the Texas Constitution Counties are governed by the commissioners' court Each Texas county has four precinct commissioners and a county judge Although this body is called a court it conducts the general business of the county and oversees financial matters the commissioners court may hire personnel to run major departments such as health and human services, The conquistadors found new animal species but reports confused these with monsters such as giants dragons or ghosts. Stories about castaways on mysterious islands were common, 1870 818,579 35.5% Webster (41) 104 Harris County ESD #4 (4A) Dual Huffman FD 1% (2%) .10 (.10). . .

Afonso de Albuquerque set sail in April 1511 from Goa to Malacca with a force of 1,200 men and seventeen or eighteen ships. Following his capture of the city on 24 August 1511 it became a strategic base for Portuguese expansion in the East Indies; consequently the Portuguese were obliged to build a fort they named a Famosa to defend it That same year the Portuguese desiring a commercial alliance sent an ambassador Duarte Fernandes to the kingdom of Ayudhya where he was well received by king Ramathibodi II in 1526 a large force of Portuguese ships under the command of Pedro Mascarenhas was sent to conquer Bintan where Sultan Mahmud was based Earlier expeditions by Diogo Dias and Afonso de Albuquerque had explored that part of the Indian Ocean and discovered several islands new to Europeans Mascarenhas served as Captain-Major of the Portuguese colony of Malacca from 1525 to 1526 and as viceroy of Goa capital of the Portuguese possessions in Asia from 1554 until his death in 1555 He was succeeded by Francisco Barreto who served with the title of "governor-general". The Texas Veterans Association composed solely of revolutionary veterans living in Texas was active from 1873 through 1901 and played a key role in convincing the legislature to create a monument to honor the San Jacinto veterans in the late 19th century the Texas Legislature purchased the San Jacinto battlesite which is now home to the San Jacinto Monument the tallest stone column monument in the world in the early 20th century the Texas Legislature purchased the Alamo Mission now an official state shrine in front of the church in the center of Alamo Plaza stands a cenotaph designed by Pompeo Coppini which commemorates the defenders who died during the battle. More than 2.5 million people visit the Alamo every year, 9.3 Reconstruction Landmarks and monuments French 0.25% Rice University located near the Museum District and Texas Medical Center is a private tier-one research university and the most selective institution of higher education in Texas; Concrete facade of the building is adorned only with a cross etched at an angle and a gold dome on top Visible are external stairs halls and lobbies in the back is a standalone wall that bisects the dome in which there is a window with bells. Crosby ISD The land surface in and around the city of Houston is composed of alternating layers of red gray sandy brown and black organic clay; these strata generally dip to the southeast at a slope of 0.06% (3 feet (0.91 m) of vertical change for every 1 mile (1.6 km) of distance traveled). These soils were deposited by tributaries of local waterways particularly the Brazos and Trinity rivers. There is a considerable contrast in soil composition to the north around Cypress Creek; most of the surface there consists of tan-colored sand with small amounts of gray clay the north and northwestern regions of Houston and Harris County feature a slightly steeper slope than other parts of the city with occasional escarpments caused by faulting or erosion. .