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The Third Ward became the center for the African-American community in the city by 1979 African Americans were elected to the City Council for the first time since Reconstruction During the time period five African Americans served on city council, Houston Texas Business Directory, Texas 225.svg State Highway 225 a.k.a - La Porte Freeway. 1990 16,986,510 19.4% Protestant 50 Evel Knievel jumped 13 cars two nights in a row drawing over 100,000 spectators to the Astrodome in January 1971 and though there was talk of him making an actual jump over the stadium itself sometime in the future it never happened. 1950 596,163 55.0% 2013 referendum and aftermath 2 Background Main article: Economy of Texas In 1534 the explorer French Jacques Cartier described and mapped the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River!

. . Politics Commerce 6 Diplomatic missions Eastern FrontManhattan Project Texas Corporation US With large universities systems coupled with initiatives like the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund a wide array of different high tech industries have developed in Texas the Austin area is nicknamed the "Silicon Hills" and the north Dallas area the "Silicon Prairie" Texas has the headquarters of many high technology companies such as Dell Inc Texas Instruments Perot Systems Rackspace and AT&T.