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. See also: Texas locations by per capita income The Harris County Sheriff's Office operates jail facilities and is the primary provider of law enforcement services to the unincorporated areas of the county the sheriff is the conservator of the peace in the county the Harris County jail facilities are in northern downtown on the north side of the Buffalo Bayou the 1200 Jail the 1307 Jail (originally a TDCJ facility leased by the county) and the 701 Jail (formed from existing warehouse storage space) are on the same site, In 1840 the town was divided into four wards using Main and Commerce streets as axes the city added the Fifth Ward in 1866 and the Sixth Ward in 1877 the wards are no longer political divisions but their names are still used. Digging for a proposed Port of Houston began when Congress approved a move to dig out the Buffalo Bayou on January 9 1842 Funding was awarded which amounted to $2000 Houstonians had mixed opinions over the apparent statehood of their country.[citation needed]. ! 4.2 Colonization 7 Trade The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office operates an Investigative Branch an Emergency Response Branch (Hazardous Materials Response) and Prevention Branch (Inspections) the office is headquartered at 2318 Atascocita Road in an unincorporated area. Incorporated cities operate their own fire departments, Greater Houston possesses a hub-and-spoke limited-access highway system in which a number of freeways radiate outward from Downtown with ring roads providing connections between these radial highways at intermediate distances from the city center the city is crossed by three Interstate highways Interstate 10 Interstate 45 and Interstate 69 (commonly known as U.S Route 59) as well as a number of other United States routes and state highways Major freeways in Greater Houston are often referred to by either the cardinal direction or geographic location they travel towards Highways that follow the cardinal convention include U.S Route 290 (Northwest Freeway) Interstate 45 north of Downtown (North Freeway) Interstate 10 east of Downtown (East Freeway) Texas State Highway 288 (South Freeway) and Interstate 69 south of Downtown (Southwest Freeway) Highways that follow the location convention include Interstate 10 west of Downtown (Katy Freeway) Interstate 69 north of Downtown (Eastex Freeway) Interstate 45 south of Downtown (Gulf Freeway) and Texas State Highway 225 (La Porte or Pasadena Freeway). The state's conservative white voters began to support Republican presidential candidates by the mid-20th century After this period they supported Republicans for local and state offices as well and most whites became Republican Party members the party also attracted some minorities but many have continued to vote for Democratic candidates the shift to the Republican Party is much-attributed to the fact the Democratic Party became increasingly liberal during the 20th century and thus increasingly out-of-touch with the average Texas voter as Texas was always a conservative state voters switched to the GOP which now more closely reflected their beliefs. Commentators have also attributed the shift to Republican political consultant Karl Rove who managed numerous political campaigns in Texas in the 1980s and 1990s. Other stated reasons included court-ordered redistricting and the demographic shift in relation to the Sun Belt that favored the Republican Party and conservatism, 1.5 Recent history Clear Lake which gives the aforementioned community its name is a tidal lake with brackish water located on the western side of Galveston Bay Covering about 2,000 acres (810 hectares) the lake is fed by Clear Creek and inflow from the bay. Ultimately the Clear Creek watershed covers an area of 250 square miles (650 km2) encompassing seventeen tributaries, Space Shuttle Independence replica covered in snow 2017. 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, Texas descended into anarchy for two months between the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia and the assumption of authority by Union General Gordon Granger Violence marked the early months of Reconstruction. Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston by General Gordon Granger almost two and a half years after the original announcement. President Johnson in 1866 declared the civilian government restored in Texas. Despite not meeting reconstruction requirements Congress resumed allowing elected Texas representatives into the federal government in 1870 Social volatility continued as the state struggled with agricultural depression and labor issues. . Memorial Day storms in 2015 brought flash flooding to the city as some areas received 11 inches or more of rain overnight exacerbated by already full bayous at least three people died and more than 1,000 cars were stranded on highways and overpasses.