The Mound Builders of the Mississippi culture which spread throughout the Mississippi Valley and its tributaries; the Caddo nation are considered among its descendants; See also: Timeline of World War II. Terminal D at DFW Airport in Dallas, After a series of United States victories the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the two-year war in return for US$18,250,000 Mexico gave the U.S undisputed control of Texas ceded the Mexican Cession in 1848 most of which today is called the American Southwest and Texas's borders were established at the Rio Grande. . Designed by architect Joseph Finger (who also designed Houston's City Hall) the Houston Municipal Airport Terminal was constructed in 1940 to meet Houston's growing role as a center for air commerce in the 1930s the terminal building is an example of classic art deco airport architecture from the 1940s the terminal served as the primary commercial air terminal for Houston until 1954 the terminal located at William P Hobby Airport houses the 1940 Air Terminal Museum which currently exhibits several collections focusing on Houston's aviation history, Incorporated cities operate their own police departments. During its recent history Houston has flooded several times from heavy rainfall which has been becoming increasingly common. This has been exacerbated by a lack of zoning laws which allowed unregulated building of residential homes and other structures in flood-prone areas. During the floods in 2015 and 2016 each of which dropped at least a foot of rain parts of the city were covered in several inches of water. Even worse flooding happened in late August 2017 when Hurricane Harvey stalled over southeastern Texas much like Tropical Storm Allison did sixteen years earlier causing severe flooding in the Houston area with some areas receiving over 50 inches (1,300 mm) of rain the rainfall exceeded 50 inches in several areas locally breaking the national record for rainfall the damage for the Houston area is estimated at up to $125 billion U.S dollars and it is considered to be one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States with the death toll exceeding 70 people on January 31 2018 the Houston City Council agreed to forgive large water bills thousands of households faced in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey as Houston Public Works found 6,362 homeowners' water utility bills had at least doubled. . . .
. The Kroger supermarket in the River Oaks Shopping Center Germans The Spanish discovery of what they thought at that time was India and the constant competition of Portugal and Spain led to a desire for secrecy about every trade route and every colony As a consequence many documents that could reach other European countries included fake dates and faked facts to mislead any other nation's possible efforts for example the Island of California refers to a famous cartographic error propagated on many maps during the 17th and 18th centuries despite contradictory evidence from various explorers the legend was initially infused with the idea that California was a terrestrial paradise peopled by black women Amazons.
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