. ! . 1 Skyscrapers Determined to control politics in the state reduce competition from Republicans and Populists and close blacks out of politics in 1901 the Democrat-dominated state legislature passed a poll tax as a requirement for voting Given the economic difficulties of the times the poll tax caused participation by African Americans poor whites and Mexican Americans to drop sharply effectively disenfranchising more than one-third of the population of the state. Texas racial breakdown of population, 1920 4,663,228 19.7% Webster 16 Further reading, 17 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 Meyerland Bellaire West University Place much of Greater Katy area far west Houston Barker Reservoir. . William B Travis famous commander at the Alamo settled in Anahuac Chambers County, Domecoming 16.6 Gender and social history, 1960 1,243,158 54.1% The Astrodome was joined by a new neighbor in 2002 the retractable-roofed Reliant Stadium (now known as NRG Stadium) which was built to house Houston's new NFL franchise the Houston Texans the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo moved to the new venue in 2003 leaving the Astrodome without any major tenants the last concert at the Astrodome was George Strait & the Ace in the Hole Band during the 2002 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo before a record crowd of 68,266; the performance was recorded in For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome.
Demographics A bungalow in Houston Harris County ESD #19 Fire Sheldon VFD .03 4.2 Colonization. Ixtoc I explosion and oil spill, News of the defeats sparked the Runaway Scrape where much of the population of Texas and the Texas provisional government fled east away from the approaching Mexican army. Many settlers rejoined the Texian army then commanded by General Sam Houston After several weeks of maneuvering on April 21 1836 the Texian Army attacked Santa Anna's forces near the present-day city of Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto. They captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign the Treaties of Velasco ending the war, Astronaut training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. .
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