The coming of the railroads in the 1880s ended the famous cattle drives and allowed ranchers to market their cattle after a short drive and farmers move their cotton to market cheaply They made Dallas and other cities the centers of commercial activity. Ft Worth became the gateway to the west via the Fort Worth and Denver Railway. However the passenger trains were often the targets of armed gangs, 1630 map of the Portuguese fort and the city of Malacca Large building with three segmented tower setbacks each with a steeply pitched roof line topped with a series of spires! In recent years Houston's love affair with the car has cooled somewhat with car usage falling by 15.2% since 1995 and heavy investment in public transport including a light rail system opened in 2004 effectively signalling the return of the streetcar. .
. ! "Texas-sized" is an expression that can be used in two ways: to describe something that is about the size of the U.S state of Texas or to describe something (usually but not always originating from Texas) that is large compared to other objects of its type. Texas was the largest U.S state until Alaska became a state in 1959 the phrase "everything is bigger in Texas" has been in regular use since at least 1950; and was used as early as 1913, Greater Houston metropolitan area is served by a public television station and one public radio station KUHT (HoustonPBS) is a PBS member station and the first public television station in the United States Houston Public Radio is listener-supported radio with one NPR member station KUHF (KUHF News) the University of Houston System owns and holds broadcasting licenses to KUHT and KUHF the stations broadcast from the Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting located on the campus of the University of Houston, The Germans were the largest group immigrating directly from Europe. According to the Handbook of Texas :! Niels Esperson Building Austin the Live Music Capital of the World boasts "more live music venues per capita than such music hotbeds as Nashville Memphis Los Angeles Las Vegas or New York City" the city's music revolves around the nightclubs on 6th Street; events like the film music and multimedia festival South by Southwest; the longest-running concert music program on American television Austin City Limits; and the Austin City Limits Music Festival held in Zilker Park. . . Ruins of the Benedictine monastery during the Battle of Monte Cassino Italian Campaign May 1944; 3.4 Deep East Texas Texas voters lean toward fiscal conservatism while enjoying the benefits of huge federal investment in the state in military and other facilities achieved by the power of the Solid South in the 20th century They also tend to have socially conservative values, Despite strong pacifist sentiment after World War I its aftermath still caused irredentist and revanchist nationalism in several European states These sentiments were especially marked in Germany because of the significant territorial colonial and financial losses incurred by the Treaty of Versailles Under the treaty Germany lost around 13 percent of its home territory and all of its overseas possessions while German annexation of other states was prohibited reparations were imposed and limits were placed on the size and capability of the country's armed forces.
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