When the United States purchased Louisiana from France in 1803 American authorities insisted the agreement also included Texas the boundary between New Spain and the United States was finally set at the Sabine River in 1819 at what is now the border between Texas and Louisiana. Eager for new land many United States settlers refused to recognize the agreement Several filibusters raised armies to invade the area west of the Sabine River in 1821 the Mexican War of Independence included the Texas territory which became part of Mexico. Due to its low population Mexico made the area part of the state of Coahuila y Tejas, History Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Rice University located near the Museum District and Texas Medical Center is a private tier-one research university and the most selective institution of higher education in Texas. East Texans enjoy many Texas state parks including Caddo Lake Atlanta Daingerfield Lake Bob Sandlin Tyler Mission Tejas in Grapeland Cooper Lake Lake Tawakoni Martin Creek Huntsville Lake Sam Rayburn Lake Livingston and Sea Rim among others East Texas is also home to the Angelina National Forest Sam Houston National Forest Sabine National Forest Big Thicket National Preserve Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge and McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge! Toll Texas 99.svg State Highway 99 a.k.a - Grand Parkway (Under Construction), U.S Navy SBD-5 scout plane flying patrol over USS Washington and USS Lexington during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 1943. In the 2014 Texas elections the Tea Party movement made large gains with numerous Tea Party favorites being elected into office including Dan Patrick as lieutenant governor Ken Paxton as attorney general in addition to numerous other candidates including conservative Republican Greg Abbott as governor; Homes in the Heights have varied architectural styles including Victorian Craftsman and Colonial Revival the neighborhood is composed of several large homes and many smaller cottages and bungalows many built in the late 19th and early 20th century. After 1905 Victorian cottages tended to be replaced by bungalows. . 149 Hubert Vo Democratic 2004 Far west Houston Alief unincorporated portions of Katy area east of Fry Rd Barker Reservoir, Houston is the tenth largest television market in the United States While Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States other cities that are smaller than Houston have metropolitan region that are larger than Houston's. .
. 17 External links Thirty-six (36) separate and distinct public universities exist in Texas of which 32 belong to one of the six state university systems. Discovery of minerals on Permanent University Fund land particularly oil has helped fund the rapid growth of the state's two largest university systems: the University of Texas System and the Texas A&M System the four other university systems: the University of Houston System the University of North Texas System the Texas State System and the Texas Tech System are not funded by the Permanent University Fund. . . .
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