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Legacy After Texas was readmitted to the Union on April 16 1870 Houston continued its growth Houston became a port of entry on July 16 1870 Its new charter drew up eight wards Many freed slaves opened businesses and worked under contracts the Freedmen's Bureau stopped abuse of the contracts in 1870 Many African Americans at the time were in unskilled labor Many former slaves legalized their marriages after the American Civil War White legislators insisted on segregated schools After white Democrats regained power in the state legislature in the late 1870s they began to pass laws to make voter registration more complicated with the effect of disfranchising African Americans the elections of 1876 were accompanied in many southern states with fraud and violence to suppress black voting As white Democrats secured their power they passed Jim Crow laws to establish and enforce legal segregation across the state, 5.3 Mexican retreat and surrender Texas has 730 airports second-most of any state in the nation Largest in Texas by size and passengers served Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is the second-largest by area in the United States and fourth in the world with 18,076 acres (73.15 km2) in traffic DFW airport is the busiest in the state the fourth busiest in the United States and sixth worldwide. American Airlines Group's American / American Eagle the world's largest airline in total passengers-miles transported and passenger fleet size uses DFW as its largest and main hub it ranks as the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically per year and the largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried.Southwest Airlines headquartered in Dallas has its operations at Dallas Love Field, The Deep Ellum district within Dallas became popular during the 1920s and 1930s as the prime jazz and blues hotspot in the Southern United States the name Deep Ellum comes from local people pronouncing "Deep Elm" as "Deep Ellum". Artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson Robert Johnson Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter and Bessie Smith played in early Deep Ellum clubs. . Constable Precinct 8 Phil Sandlin Republican Energy "Surrender of Santa Anna" by William Henry Huddle shows the Mexican president and general surrendering to a wounded Sam Houston battle of San Jacinto, Political history 15 Further reading The Sabine Trinity Neches Angelina and Sulphur Rivers are the major rivers in East Texas but the Brazos River and Red River also flow through the region the Brazos cuts through the southwest portion of the region while the Red River forms its northern border with Oklahoma and a portion of Arkansas in East Texas and the rest of the South small rivers and creeks collect into swamps called "bayous" and merge with the surrounding forest Bald cypress and Spanish moss are the dominant plants in bayous the most famous of these bayous are Cypress Bayou and Buffalo Bayou Cypress Bayou surrounds the Big Little and Black Cypress Rivers around Jefferson They flow east into Caddo Lake and the adjoining wetlands cover the rim and islands of the lake. . . . .

Pollution Richard B Hubbard lived in Tyler Smith County and Lindale Smith County Asian 6.0% 5.3% 4.1% 0.4% A significant number of East Texas youth participate in Little League Baseball soccer and softball Church leagues are quite common in providing opportunities for basketball and softball for youth and adults alike in recent years cowboy churches have grown in number and offer rodeo events for their youth. . . . . 7 References City Hall of Houston 1913, 3 Groundwater Texas population density map.