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The first artist to play the Astrodome was Judy Garland on December 17 1965 where she was paid $43,000 for the one show the Supremes were her opening act and tickets were priced $1.00 to $7.50 the dome seated 48,000 with another 12,000 seats added for this show Garland appeared on stage at 10 p.m and sang for 40 minutes with her set of songs including: "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"; "Just in Time"; "My Kind Of Town Houston Is"/"Houston"; "As Long as He Needs Me"; "Joey Joey Joey"; "Do it Again"; "What Now My Love?"; "By Myself"; "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby"; "San Francisco"; "Chicago"; and "Over the Rainbow." Mort Lindsey conducted. In December southward-moving cold fronts can bring cold rain low wind chills and rarely frozen precipitation Early January is the coldest time of the year with temperatures moderating slightly by February Winter is also the driest part of the year for Houston. Houston has four major bayous passing through the city: Buffalo Bayou which runs into downtown and the Houston Ship Channel; and three of its tributaries: Brays Bayou which runs along the Texas Medical Center; White Oak Bayou which runs through the Heights and near the northwest area; and Sims Bayou which runs through the south of Houston and downtown Houston the ship channel goes past Galveston and into the Gulf of Mexico, AT&T Stadium home of the Dallas Cowboys, In Europe before the outbreak of the war the Allies had significant advantages in both population and economics in 1938 the Western Allies (United Kingdom France Poland and British Dominions) had a 30 per cent larger population and a 30 per cent higher gross domestic product than the European Axis powers (Germany and Italy); if colonies are included it then gives the Allies more than a 5:1 advantage in population and nearly 2:1 advantage in GDP in Asia at the same time China had roughly six times the population of Japan but only an 89 per cent higher GDP; this is reduced to three times the population and only a 38 per cent higher GDP if Japanese colonies are included. The area contains two of the oldest towns in Texas; Nacogdoches the oldest town in Texas dating from 18th century and San Augustine the oldest "Anglo" settlement in Texas dating from the 1820s People of English Scottish Scots-Irish and to a lesser extent Welsh ancestry predominate in the region which is in contrast to South Central Texas and West Texas where people of German and Hispanic heritage predominate respectively Prior to the Texas War of Independence settlement was generally prohibited by the Spanish and later Mexican governments but neither government was able to exert control or law enforcement in the area As a consequence the "Big Thicket" became a refuge for criminals fleeing the United States and hiding out in a "no man's land" in the pine tree thickets. Soldiers of the Polish Army during the defence of Poland September 1939 I-69 (TX).svgUS 59.svg Interstate 69/U.S Highway 59 a.k.a - Eastex Freeway going NE or Southwest Freeway going SW, Economy Harris County ESD #4 (4A) Dual Huffman FD 1% (2%) .10 (.10). !

Northwest Gulf of Mexico which extends from Alabama to the Rio Grande, Texans in 1909 marked an icon of progress with the construction of the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi the 190-foot steel-frame skyscraper was the 14-story Praetorian Building housing the Praetorian Insurance Company Dallas became the regional headquarters of the Federal Reserve in 1914 strengthening its dominance of Texas banking the city had reached 260,000 population by 1929 when the effects of the Stock Market Crash hit Texas causing a sharp drop in the prices of oil cotton and cattle; growth came to a standstill, Crime See also: Deregulation of the Texas electricity market; German immigrants started arriving in Texas and Houston after the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states Many were educated and arrived with capital to set up businesses or buy farms the port in Houston was getting some shipping business but the shallowness of the water hampered massive shipping During the 1850s the Houstonians decided to build a rail system to connect their port with rail links Eleven companies built 451 miles of track before 1860 Mexicans who were one of the earliest immigrant groups to Houston worked as railroad builders and stayed in the area.[citation needed], Low flat-roofed rectangular open marble structure has slender eight-story rectangular columns Visible within is a large circular windowless building, Pollution Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch. ; Top 10 Non-English languages spoken in Texas. . . In 1912 Joseph Jay Pastoriza introduced property tax reform to Houston the "Houston Single Tax Plan" was based on Georgist principles and redistributed property tax burden from owners of personal property and developed land to owners of undeveloped land While the Houston Plan was not a true single tax it re-weighted appraisals to 70 percent of unimproved land and 25 percent of developed land Personal property was exempt from local taxes according to this plan This continued for a few years until 1915 when two courts ruled the plan illegal according to the Texas Constitution Pastoriza continued to serve as Houston Tax Commissioner until 1917 when he became the first Mayor of Houston of Hispanic heritage He died after just three months in office. .