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. Map of the Houston city limits 2 Background Nicolas de La Fora's 1771 map of the northern frontier of New Spain clearly shows the Provincia de los Tejas! The Houston Ship Channel connecting the Port of Houston to the Gulf passes through Galveston Bay Houston is the largest city on the bay while smaller ones include Galveston Pasadena Baytown and Texas City the bay provides nursery and spawning grounds for large amounts of marine life and is important for both commercial and recreational fishing. A tall stone column which widens as it meets the base a large rectangular building with no windows. .
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