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. . With 10 climatic regions 14 soil regions and 11 distinct ecological regions regional classification becomes problematic with differences in soils topography geology rainfall and plant and animal communities. One classification system divides Texas in order from southeast to west into the following: Gulf Coastal Plains Interior Lowlands Great Plains and Basin and Range Province, On May 30 1922 George Hermann a millionaire donated land to the city that later became the Hermann Park September of the same year saw the start of the Houston Zoo the zoo was started when Houston schoolchildren bought two ostriches the zoo was later moved from Sam Houston Park to Hermann Park September 26 saw the first international-bound ship in the port During the Roaring Twenties more specifically 1927 the state highway to Houston was built Bus and truck operations also fell into swing Houston Junior College opened its doors that same year which later became the University of Houston August 1929 saw the entry of the first Sears into Houston Then Black Tuesday threw a devastating blow to the economy of the entire United States Houston's growth was much smaller but the city still grew Mexican Americans no longer found it as easy to obtain jobs yet several were successful by catering to the Anglo market in the city, See List of Highways in Harris County for more roadways in Harris County. . They went about with a firebrand setting fire to the plains and timber so as to drive off the mosquitos and also to get lizards and similar things which they eat to come out of the soil in the same manner they kill deer encircling them with fires and they do it also to deprive the animals of pasture compelling them to go for food where the Indians want. Hofheinz had an opulent apartment in the Dome which was removed when the facility was remodeled in 1988, Main article: Politics of Houston, 1 Geology The Harris County Department of Education a county division overseeing education by local school districts with a 2011 budget around $100 million is headquartered in the Ronald W Reagan Building in the Northside district in Houston it has an Adult Education Center in the Northside and an office in the North Post Oak Building in Spring Branch. Texas A&M University Voter turnout (voting age population), In 1999 the Houston-based Enron Corporation began construction of a 40-floor skyscraper Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates and Kendall/Heaton Associates and completed in 2002 the building was originally known as the Enron Center the company collapsed in a well-publicized manner in 2001 and the building became officially known by its address 1500 Louisiana Street. As of 2018 Texas had a gross state product (GSP) of $1.8 trillion the second highest in the U.S. Its GSP is greater than the GDPs of Canada Russia South Korea and Spain which are the world's 10th- 11th- 12th- and 13th-largest economies respectively. Texas's economy is the fourth-largest of any country subdivision globally behind England (as part of the UK) California and Japan's Kanto region Its per capita personal income in 2009 was $36,484 ranking 29th in the nation.
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