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4.3 Texas Legislature Texas lies at the juncture of two major cultural spheres of Pre-Columbian North America the Southwestern and the Plains areas the area now covered by Texas was occupied by three major indigenous cultures which had reached their developmental peak before the arrival of European explorers and are known from archaeology These are:. Tens of thousands of new migrants streamed in from rural areas straining the city's housing supply and the city's ability to provide local transit and schools For the first time high-paying jobs went to large numbers of women blacks and Hispanics the city's African-American community emboldened by their newfound prosperity increased its agitation for civil rights; they backed and funded the legal case of Smith v Allwright (1944) in which the Supreme Court ruled against the latest version of the white primary in support of voting rights, The Williams Waterwall is a multi-story sculptural fountain which sits at the south end of Williams Tower in Uptown it and its surrounding park were built as an architectural amenity to the adjacent tower. Both the fountain and tower were designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson. Completed in 1983 the semi-circular fountain is 64-foot (20 m) tall and sits among 118 Texas Live Oak trees Approximately 11,000 gallons of water per minute cascades down vast channeled sheets on both sides from the narrower top rim of the circle to the wider base below. 1990 2,818,199 17.0% 7 External links Skyscrapers 3 Extreme weather Privately owned private use The Convention of 1836 in Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1 attracted 45 delegates representing 21 municipalities. Within an hour of the convention's opening George C Childress submitted a proposed Texas Declaration of Independence which passed overwhelmingly on March 2 on March 6 hours after the Alamo had fallen Travis's final dispatch arrived His distress was evident; delegate Robert Potter immediately moved that the convention be adjourned and all delegates join the army. Houston convinced the delegates to remain and then left to take charge of the army With the backing of the Convention Houston was now commander-in-chief of all regular volunteer and militia forces in Texas. 3 Climate Hoffpauir Airport is located in western unincorporated Harris County 4.3 Texas Legislature During 1942 Allied officials debated on the appropriate grand strategy to pursue All agreed that defeating Germany was the primary objective the Americans favoured a straightforward large-scale attack on Germany through France the Soviets were also demanding a second front the British on the other hand argued that military operations should target peripheral areas to wear out German strength leading to increasing demoralisation and bolster resistance forces Germany itself would be subject to a heavy bombing campaign an offensive against Germany would then be launched primarily by Allied armour without using large-scale armies. Eventually the British persuaded the Americans that a landing in France was infeasible in 1942 and they should instead focus on driving the Axis out of North Africa; North America colonization London seen from St Paul's Cathedral after the German Blitz 29 December 1940. Houston Texas Business Directory 5.2 North America, Bayou Bend is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) facility of the Museum of Fine Arts that houses one of America's most prominent collections of decorative art paintings and furniture Bayou Bend is the former home of Houston philanthropist Ima Hogg. ; .

I-45 (TX).svg Interstate 45 a.k.a - North Freeway going North or Gulf Freeway going South, Main article: Golden Triangle (Texas), In 2008 Houston received top ranking on Kiplinger's Personal Finance "Best Cities of 2008" list which ranks cities on their local economy employment opportunities reasonable living costs and quality of life the city ranked fourth for highest increase in the local technological innovation over the preceding 15 years according to Forbes magazine in the same year the city ranked second on the annual Fortune 500 list of company headquarters first for Forbes magazine's "Best Cities for College Graduates" and first on their list of "Best Cities to Buy a Home" in 2010 the city was rated the best city for shopping according to Forbes! This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed, The University of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston-area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area $3.13 billion in total economic benefit and 24,000 local jobs generated. This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates the UH System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout Texas These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston After five years 80.5 percent of graduates are still living and working in the region, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport Texas very early on August 26 2017 by August 30 Houston was flooded due to torrential rainfall from the hurricane. 137 Gene Wu Democratic 2013 Southwest Houston (including Sharpstown and Gulfton) 7.3.1 Brutus oil spill. Today the Gulf of Mexico has the following 7 main areas: Tomball ISD Tourism. Administrative divisions Houston Texas Business Directory, Christopher Columbus's first landing in the Americas in 1492 Asian Americans are a sizable minority group in Texas Americans of Asian descent form 3.8 percent of the population with those of non-Hispanic descent making up 3.7 percent of the populace They total more than 808,000 individuals Non-Hispanic Asians number over 795,000 Just over 200,000 Indian Americans make Texas their home Texas is also home to over 187,000 Vietnamese and 136,000 Chinese in addition to 92,000 Filipinos and 62,000 Koreans there are 18,000 Japanese Americans living in the state Lastly over 111,000 people are of other Asian ancestry groups such as Cambodian Thai and Hmong Sugar Land a city within the Houston metropolitan area and Plano within the Dallas metropolitan area both have high concentrations of ethnic Chinese and Korean residents the Houston and Dallas areas and to a lesser extent the Austin metropolitan area all contain substantial Vietnamese communities. 6 Further reading In January 1790 the Comanche also helped the Spanish fight a large battle against the Mescalero and Lipan Apaches at Soledad Creek west of San Antonio the Apaches were resoundingly defeated and the majority of the raids stopped. By the end of the 18th century only a small number of the remaining hunting and gathering tribes within Texas had not been Christianized in 1793 mission San Antonio de Valero was secularized and the following year the four remaining missions at San Antonio were partially secularized.