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On March 2 1836 Texans signed the Texas Declaration of Independence at Washington-on-the-Brazos effectively creating the Republic of Texas the revolt was justified as necessary to protect basic rights and because Mexico had annulled the federal pact the majority of the colonists were from the United States; they said that Mexico had invited them to move to the country but they were determined "to enjoy" the republican institutions to which they were accustomed in their native land! . At least five million Chinese civilians from northern China and Manchukuo were enslaved between 1935 and 1941 by the East Asia Development Board or Koain for work in mines and war industries After 1942 the number reached 10 million in Java between 4 and 10 million romusha (Japanese: "manual labourers") were forced to work by the Japanese military About 270,000 of these Javanese labourers were sent to other Japanese-held areas in South East Asia and only 52,000 were repatriated to Java. Texas 288.svg State Highway 288 a.k.a - South Freeway In June 1979 the Ixtoc I oil platform in the Bay of Campeche suffered a blowout leading to a catastrophic explosion which resulted in a massive oil spill that continued for nine months before the well was finally capped This was ranked as the largest oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010! Northwest Gulf of Mexico which extends from Alabama to the Rio Grande. Airports 1960 9,579,677 24.2% Harris County ESD #17 Fire Little York VFD 1% .10 Goose Creek CISD 10 External links East Texas is home to the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame located in Carthage East Texans enjoy a range of music that is influenced by gospel bluegrass blues rock country soul rhthym and blues Cajun etc Texas blues originated in East Texas with many legends having been born in the region including Lightnin' Hopkins and T-Bone Walker East Texans enjoy live music at many of the region's fairs and festivals including the Texas Rose Festival in Tyler the East Texas Yamboree in Gilmer and Longview's Great Texas Balloon Race East Texas also has many venues included in what is commonly referred to as the Texas country music circuit although the majority of such venues are located in Central/South/West Texas and the metropolitan areas of the state; The Germans who settled Texas were diverse in many ways They included peasant farmers and intellectuals; Protestants Catholics Jews and atheists; Prussians Saxons Hessians and Alsatians; abolitionists and slaveholders; farmers and townsfolk; frugal honest folk and ax murderers They differed in dialect customs and physical features a majority had been farmers in Germany and most arrived seeking economic opportunities a few dissident intellectuals fleeing the 1848 revolutions in Germany sought political freedom but few save perhaps the Wends went for religious freedom the German settlements in Texas reflected their diversity Even in the confined area of the Hill Country each valley offered a different kind of German the Llano valley had stern teetotaling German Methodists who renounced dancing and fraternal organizations; the Pedernales valley had fun-loving hardworking Lutherans and Catholics who enjoyed drinking and dancing; and the Guadalupe valley had atheist Germans descended from intellectual political refugees the scattered German ethnic islands were also diverse These small enclaves included Lindsay in Cooke County largely Westphalian Catholic; Waka in Ochiltree County Midwestern Mennonite; Hurnville in Clay County Russian German Baptist; and Lockett in Wilbarger County Wendish Lutheran.
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