The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) provides public transportation in the form of buses light rail high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and paratransit to fifteen municipalities throughout the Greater Houston area and parts of unincorporated Harris County METRO's service area covers 1,303 square miles (3,370 km2) containing a population of 3.6 million. . Deer Park Waller-Harris ESD #200 Other Multiple Fire/EMS Agencies .0995, Obesity prevention 4.5 War breaks out in the Pacific (1941) This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (July 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). Strategy 2 1900s Main article: Government of Texas A tall stone column which widens as it meets the base a large rectangular building with no windows. . Paris Texas (25,151), After the fort was constructed one of the ships returned to France and the other two were soon destroyed in storms stranding the settlers La Salle and his men searched overland for the Mississippi River traveling as far west as the Rio Grande and as far east as the Trinity River. Disease and hardship laid waste to the colony and by early January 1687 fewer than 45 people remained That month a third expedition launched a final attempt to find the Mississippi the expedition experienced much infighting and La Salle was ambushed and killed somewhere in East Texas, Houston Texas Business Directory.
13 See also Harris County ESD #60 Fire Sheldon VFD 1% .05 East Texans are predominantly Protestant Christians expressing their faith as members of many denominations: Baptist (particularly Southern Baptist) Methodist Presbyterian Lutheran Pentecostal and others Catholicism continues to have influence particularly with an increased Hispanic population in recent decades Other religions with smaller numbers but with adherents in East Texas include Mormonism and Judaism. . . Unincorporated communities Ever since the discovery of oil at Spindletop energy has been a dominant force politically and economically within the state. If Texas were its own country it would be the sixth largest oil producer in the world. Terminal E used exclusively by United Airlines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, By the start of July 1944 Commonwealth forces in Southeast Asia had repelled the Japanese sieges in Assam pushing the Japanese back to the Chindwin River while the Chinese captured Myitkyina in September 1944 Chinese forces captured Mount Song and reopened the Burma Road in China the Japanese had more successes having finally captured Changsha in mid-June and the city of Hengyang by early August. Soon after they invaded the province of Guangxi winning major engagements against Chinese forces at Guilin and Liuzhou by the end of November and successfully linking up their forces in China and Indochina by mid-December. . The Astrodome held several motorsports events throughout its lifetime the AMA Grand National Championship held events starting in 1968 and running for 18 years utilizing the Short Track and TT Steeplechase track configurations in their visits the AMA Supercross Championship held its first ever indoor Supercross at the Astrodome in 1974 won by Jim Pomeroy in the mid-1980s the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group held several Stadium Off-Road Racing Series events showcasing such drivers as Ivan Stewart Robby Gordon and Walker Evans Beginning in the early 1980s both TNT Motorsports and the United States Hot Rod Association held events showcasing mud bogging truck and tractor pulling and monster trucks in the Astrodome After a buy-out of TNT Motorsports the USHRA continued holding events that would later transform into the current Monster Jam events; .
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