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Houston Texas Business Directory, Sam Houston This section needs expansion with: Magellan and Villalobos should be mentioned in the correct time sequence You can help by adding to it (June 2012), Houston Texas Business Directory In June 2001 Tropical Storm Allison dumped up to 40 inches (1,000 mm) of rain on parts of Houston causing what was then the worst flooding in the city's history the storm cost billions of dollars in damage and killed 20 people in Texas by December of the same year Houston-based energy company Enron collapsed into the largest U.S bankruptcy (at that time) a result of being investigated for off-the-books partnerships which were allegedly used to hide debt and inflate profits the company lost no less than $70 billion. Houston Astros MLB Baseball Minute Maid Park 2000 42,060, Houston's Theater District is ranked second in the country (behind New York City) in the number of theatre seats in a concentrated downtown area with 12,948 seats for live performances and 1,480 movie seats the Theater District is located in the heart of downtown and is home to nine of Houston's performing arts organizations and six performance halls Houston is one of only five cities in the United States with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines: opera (Houston Grand Opera) ballet (Houston Ballet) music (Houston Symphony Orchestra) and theatre (Alley Theatre) the city has visual and performing arts organizations along with a dose of homegrown folk art such as Art Cars. Houston is widely recognized as an important city for contemporary visual arts.[citation needed] the city is a stop for touring companies from Broadway concerts shows and exhibitions for a variety of interests ranging from the nation's largest quilting show to auto boat home and gun shows. Paul Knight of the Houston Press in a 2009 article said "some say natural gas has surpassed crude as king in East Texas.". The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) provides public transportation in the form of buses light rail high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and paratransit to fifteen municipalities throughout the Greater Houston area and parts of unincorporated Harris County METRO's service area covers 1,303 square miles (3,370 km2) containing a population of 3.6 million.

. Foreign relations Tennis 4.3 Airports Prisoner identity photograph taken by the German SS of a Polish girl deported to Auschwitz Approximately 230,000 children were held prisoner and used in forced labor and medical experiments. . (31.7) 80.8 11.1 Roadways Preterm birth, Position Name Party (31) 84 Houston Texas Business Directory Concrete building in two sections each with a five-sided tower on the ends One is a curved and windowless the other looks like a theater entrance with rounded marquee shapes and glassed entrance. German immigrants started arriving in Texas and Houston after the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states Many were educated and arrived with capital to set up businesses or buy farms the port in Houston was getting some shipping business but the shallowness of the water hampered massive shipping During the 1850s the Houstonians decided to build a rail system to connect their port with rail links Eleven companies built 451 miles of track before 1860 Mexicans who were one of the earliest immigrant groups to Houston worked as railroad builders and stayed in the area.[citation needed]. Contents On February 28 1845 the U.S Congress narrowly passed a bill that authorized the United States to annex the Republic of Texas if it so voted the legislation set the date for annexation for December 29 of the same year on October 13 of the same year a majority of voters in Texas approved a proposed constitution that specifically endorsed slavery and the slave trade This constitution was later accepted by the U.S Congress making Texas a U.S state on the same day annexation took effect (therefore bypassing a territorial phase).