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! ; ! The Gulf Building now called the JPMorgan Chase building is an Art Deco skyscraper Completed in 1929 it remained the tallest building in Houston until 1963 when the Exxon Building surpassed it in height Designed by architects Alfred C Finn (designer of the San Jacinto Monument) Kenneth Franzheim and J.E.R Carpenter the building is seen as a realization of Eliel Saarinen's acclaimed second-place entry to the Chicago Tribune Tower competition Restoration of the building was started in 1989 in what is still considered one of the largest privately funded preservation projects in American history. Another popular somewhat simpler definition defines East Texas as the region between the Trinity River north and east of Houston (or sometimes Interstate 45 when defining generously) as the western border the Louisiana border as the eastern border the Gulf of Mexico as the southern border the Oklahoma border as the northern border Arkansas as the northeastern border and extending as far south as Orange Texas the East Texas regions includes Tyler Longview Lufkin Marshall Palestine Jacksonville Mount Pleasant and Nacogdoches, Education Adjacent to the Texas Medical Center is the Museum District which is home to most of the city's major museums: the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; the Cullen Sculpture Garden; the Houston Museum of Natural Science; the Holocaust Museum Houston; the Children's Museum of Houston; Lawndale Art Center; the Houston Zoo; the John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science; and the Menil Collection Approximately 4 million people visit institutions in the Museum District every year.[citation needed]. Comancheria before 1850 The Houston Ship Channel connecting the Port of Houston to the Gulf passes through Galveston Bay Houston is the largest city on the bay while smaller ones include Galveston Pasadena Baytown and Texas City the bay provides nursery and spawning grounds for large amounts of marine life and is important for both commercial and recreational fishing, On November 13 delegates voted to create a regular army and named Sam Houston its commander-in-chief in an effort to attract volunteers from the United States soldiers would be granted land bounties This provision was significant as all public land was owned by the state or the federal government indicating that the delegates expected Texas to eventually declare independence. Houston was given no authority over the volunteer army led by Austin which predated the Consultation. Houston was also appointed to the Select Committee on Indian Affairs Three men including Austin were asked to go to the United States to gather money volunteers and supplies the delegates elected Henry Smith as governor on November 14 the Consultation adjourned leaving Smith and the Council in charge. .
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