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1860 4,845 102.2% Little York Volunteer Fire Department Station 81, Arts and literature 8 Corpus Christi Nueces 325,733 4.2 Movie theaters, William B Travis famous commander at the Alamo settled in Anahuac Chambers County. Taxation (31) 93 Historical population The Basques were fur trading fishing cod and whaling in Terranova (Labrador and Newfoundland) in 1520 and in Iceland by at least the early 17th century. They established whaling stations at the former mainly in Red Bay and probably established some in the latter as well in Terranova they hunted bowheads and right whales while in Iceland they appear to have only hunted the latter the Spanish fishery in Terranova declined over conflicts between Spain and other European powers during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, 2.9 1990s The Gulf contains a hypoxic dead zone that runs by east-west along the Texas-Louisiana coastline in July 2008 researchers reported that between 1985 and 2008 the area roughly doubled in size and now stretches from near Galveston Texas to near Venice Louisiana It is now about 8,000 square miles (21,000 km2) nearly the record. Poor agricultural practices in the northern portion of the Gulf of Mexico have led to a tremendous increase of nitrogen and phosphorus in neighboring marine ecosystems which has resulted in algae blooms and a lack of available oxygen Occurrences of masculinization and estrogen suppression were observed as a result an October 2007 study of the Atlantic croaker found a disproportioned sex ratio of 61% males to 39% females in hypoxic Gulf sites This was compared with a 52% to 48% male-female ratio found in reference sites showing an impairment of reproductive output for fish populations inhabiting hypoxic coastal zones. The Sharpstown scandal which concerned government bribes involving real estate developer Frank Sharp (neighborhood of Sharpstown is named after him) occurred in 1970 and 1971. On Palm Sunday March 27 Fannin Ward Westover and their men were marched out of the presidio and shot Mexican cavalry were stationed nearby to chase down any who tried to escape. Approximately 342 Texians died and 27 either escaped or were spared by Mexican troops. Several weeks after the Goliad massacre the Mexican Congress granted an official reprieve to any Texas prisoners who had incurred capital punishment, As the weather turned colder and rations grew smaller groups of Texians began to leave most without permission. Morale was boosted on November 18 when the first group of volunteers from the United States the New Orleans Greys joined the Texian army. Unlike the majority of the Texian volunteers the Greys looked like soldiers with uniforms well-maintained rifles adequate ammunition and some semblance of discipline, 9.2 Municipal Fire/EMS Services. In 1840 the community established a chamber of commerce in part to promote shipping and navigation at the newly created port on Buffalo Bayou.

Human infections gained worldwide transmission vectors for the first time: from Africa and Eurasia to the Americas and vice versa the spread of old-world diseases including smallpox flu and typhus led to the deaths of many indigenous inhabitants of the New World. As of 2004 the state had 3.5 million foreign-born residents (15.6 percent of the state population) of which an estimated 1.2 million are illegal immigrants Texas from 2000 to 2006 had the fastest growing illegal immigration rate in the nation in 2010 illegal immigrants constituted an estimated 6.0 percent of the population This was the fifth highest percentage of any state in the country in 2015 the population of illegal immigrants living in Texas was around 800,000; . Venues across Houston regularly host local and touring rock blues country dubstep and Tejano musical acts While Houston has never been widely known for its music scene Houston hip-hop has become a significant independent music scene that is influential nationwide Houston is the birthplace of the chopped and screwed remixing-technique in Hip-hop which was pioneered by DJ Screw from the city Other notable Hip-hop artists in the area include Geto Boys Chamillionaire Travis Scott & Megan Thee Stallion, West University Place Six Flags Astroworld Houston's only large theme park closed in 2005. Real estate and corporate location, In 1940 Houston was a city of 400,000 population dependent on shipping and oil the war dramatically expanded the city's economic base thanks to massive federal spending Energetic entrepreneurs most notably George Brown James Elkins and James Abercrombie landed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal wartime investment in technologically complex facilities Houston oil companies moved from being mere refiners and became sophisticated producers of petrochemicals Especially important were synthetic rubber and high octane fuel which retained their importance after the war the war moved the natural gas industry from a minor factor to a major energy source; Houston became a major hub when a local firm purchased the federally-financed Inch pipelines Other major growth industries included steel munitions and shipbuilding 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 Mexican Americans the city's African American community emboldened by their newfound prosperity became a hotbed of civil rights agitation; the Smith v Allwright Supreme Court decision on voting rights was backed and funded by local blacks in this period.[page needed], In addition state-operated charter schools are in the county Charter schools in unincorporated areas include:. Germany annexed the western and occupied the central part of Poland and the Soviet Union annexed its eastern part; small shares of Polish territory were transferred to Lithuania and Slovakia on 6 October Hitler made a public peace overture to the United Kingdom and France but said that the future of Poland was to be determined exclusively by Germany and the Soviet Union the proposal was rejected and Hitler ordered an immediate offensive against France which would be postponed until the spring of 1940 due to bad weather. The area has had a number of severe weather events such as:. Texas Medical Center Main articles: Ordinance of Secession Confederate States of America and Texas in the American Civil War Texas 6.svg State Highway 6.