1.3 Republic of Texas County government, President Woodrow Wilson opened the deep-water Port of Houston in 1914 seven years after digging began by 1930 Houston had become Texas' most populous city and Harris County the most populous county in 1940 the U.S Census Bureau reported Houston's population as 77.5% white and 22.4% black. Stafford (mostly in Fort Bend County) Monument to Cabeza de Vaca in Houston Texas Eastern FrontManhattan Project Counties included are Anderson Angelina Bowie Camp Cass Cherokee Delta Franklin Gregg Hardin Harrison Henderson Hopkins Houston Jasper Jefferson Lamar Marion Morris Nacogdoches Newton Orange Panola Polk Rains Red River Rusk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto Shelby Smith Titus Trinity Tyler Upshur Van Zandt and Wood County Texas. . . . Further information: climate of Houston, 2010 2,100,263 7.5% Portuguese Empire National Research Universities (Tier 1), The Comanche used their military power to obtain supplies and labor from the Americans Mexicans and Indians through thievery looting and killing tribute and kidnappings There was much violence committed by and against Comanche before and after the European settlement of Texas Although they made a living partially through raiding and violence along with hunting/gathering especially buffalo hunting the Comanche empire also supported a commercial network with long-distance trade Dealing with subordinate Indians the Comanche spread their language and culture across the region in terms of governance the Comanche were nearly independent but allied bands with a loosely hierarchical social organization within bands.
Many immigrants openly flouted Mexican law especially the prohibition against slavery Combined with United States' attempts to purchase Texas Mexican authorities decided in 1830 to prohibit continued immigration from the United States. New laws also called for the enforcement of customs duties angering both native Mexican citizens (Tejanos) and recent immigrants. Houston Texas Business Directory La Salle's colonization expedition left France on July 24 1684 and soon lost one of its supply ships to Spanish privateers a combination of inaccurate maps La Salle's previous miscalculation of the latitude of the mouth of the Mississippi River and overcorrecting for the Gulf currents led the ships to be unable to find the Mississippi. Instead they landed at Matagorda Bay in early 1685 400 miles (644 km) west of the Mississippi in February the colonists constructed Fort Saint Louis; . . Houston has excessive ozone levels and is routinely ranked among the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. Ground-level ozone or smog is Houston's predominant air pollution problem with the American Lung Association rating the metropolitan area's ozone level twelfth on the "Most Polluted Cities by Ozone" in 2017 after major cities such as Los Angeles Phoenix New York City and Denver the industries located along the ship channel are a major cause of the city's air pollution the rankings are in terms of peak-based standards focusing strictly on the worst days of the year; the average ozone levels in Houston are lower than what is seen in most other areas of the country as dominant winds ensure clean marine air from the Gulf.
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