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Two commercial airports George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P Hobby Airport are located in Houston and in Harris County the Houston Airport System defines Harris County as a part of Bush Intercontinental's service region the city of Houston operates Ellington Field a general aviation and military airport in Harris County. Background 3 Pre-war events Railroad map of Texas east of the 100th meridian (circa 1884) 6 Sports Texas's second-largest air facility is Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) it served as the largest hub for the former Continental Airlines which was based in Houston; it serves as the largest hub for United Airlines the world's third-largest airline by passenger-miles flown. IAH offers service to the most Mexican destinations of any U.S airport the next five largest airports in the state all serve over 3 million passengers annually; they include Austin-Bergstrom International Airport William P Hobby Airport San Antonio International Airport Dallas Love Field and El Paso International Airport the smallest airport in the state to be designated an international airport is Del Rio International Airport. The three additional East Texas counties that join with other regional government councils are Chambers County (Anahuac) Liberty County (Liberty) and Walker County (Huntsville) all three in geographic proximity to the Houston metropolitan areas, Senate Class 1 Ted Cruz Republican 2012 Junior Senator, County facilities Houston Texas Business Directory. 11 Hospital services The Astrodome was joined by a new neighbor in 2002 the retractable-roofed Reliant Stadium (now known as NRG Stadium) which was built to house Houston's new NFL franchise the Houston Texans the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo moved to the new venue in 2003 leaving the Astrodome without any major tenants the last concert at the Astrodome was George Strait & the Ace in the Hole Band during the 2002 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo before a record crowd of 68,266; the performance was recorded in For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome, In the 2000s the Baylor College of Medicine was annually considered within the top ten medical schools in the nation; likewise the MD Anderson Cancer Center had been consistently ranked as one of the top two U.S hospitals specializing in cancer care by U.S News & World Report since 1990 the Menninger Clinic a psychiatric treatment center is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Hospital System. With hospital locations nationwide and headquarters in Houston the Triumph Healthcare hospital system was the third largest long term acute care provider nationally in 2005, The made-for-TV movie Murder at the World Series was filmed here about a fictional 1977 World Series between the Astros vs Oakland Athletics. . . .

Houston has also seen recent improvements to the city's waterways the banks of Buffalo Bayou have been cleaned of garbage and have been turned into jogging trails and parks Since the mid-1990s Houston has seen a great increase in wildlife along the bayou due to many successful cleaning attempts the Port of Houston has not seen any major cleaning attempts. In 2001 the wreck of U-166 was found in 5,000 feet (1,500 m) of water less than two miles from where it had attacked the Robert E Lee an archaeological survey of the seafloor before construction of a natural gas pipeline led to the discoveries by C & C Marine archaeologists Robert A Church and Daniel J Warren the sonar contacts consisted of two large sections lying approximately 500 feet apart at either end of a debris field that indicated the presence of a U-boat, Houston Texas Business Directory The painting shows many men some on foot and some on horseback engaged in hand-to-hand combat One man carries the Mexican flag; another carries the flag of the Republic of Texas in the background are several tents; behind them is a body of water. At this point Santa Anna believed the rebellion was in its final death throes the Texian government had been forced off the mainland with no way to communicate with its army which had shown no interest in fighting He determined to block the Texian army's retreat and put a decisive end to the war. Almonte's scouts incorrectly reported that Houston's army was going to Lynchburg Crossing on Buffalo Bayou in preparation for joining the government in Galveston so Santa Anna ordered Harrisburg burned and pressed on towards Lynchburg, Brutus oil spill Nacogdoches (32,996) 12.5 Shift to the Republican Party. Coady By 1912 Houston was home to twenty-five "tall buildings" ranging from six to sixteen stories Office buildings extant in 1912 include the eleven-story Scanlan Building the marble-clad South Texas National Bank Building the eight-story First National Bank Building the twelve-story Union National Bank the ten-story Houston Chronicle Building and the Southwestern Telephone Company Building the sixteen-story Carter Building was the tallest in Houston There were two major passenger train facilities Union Station and Grand Central Station Residential buildings included the Beaconsfield apartments Rossonian apartments the Savoy flats and the Hotel Bender Under construction in 1912 was the Rice Hotel, One important reason was the need for alternatives to the expensive eastern trade routes that followed the Silk Road Those routes were dominated first by the republics of Venice and Genoa and then by the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 the Ottomans barred European access for decades the Spanish Netherlands ports produced more revenue than the colonies since all goods brought from Spain Mediterranean possessions and the colonies were sold directly there to neighbouring European countries: wheat olive oil wine silver spice wool and silk were big businesses.[citation needed], 6.3 Energy Bronze equestrian statue of Francisco Pizarro in Lima Peru.