. . Gonzales District Attorney Kim Ogg Democratic The 1992 Republican National Convention was held at the Astrodome in August of that year the Astros accommodated the convention by taking a month-long road trip. Just after midnight on February 27 Urrea's men surprised Johnson's forces Six Texians including Johnson escaped; the remainder were captured or killed. After learning of Grant's whereabouts from local spies Mexican dragoons ambushed the Texians at Agua Dulce Creek on March 2. Twelve Texians were killed including Grant four were captured and six escaped. Although Urrea's orders were to execute those captured he instead sent them to Matamoros as prisoners. Native Americans in East Texas began to settle in villages shortly after 500 BC farming and building the first burial mounds They were influenced by the Mississippian culture which had major sites throughout the Mississippi basin in the Trans-Pecos area populations were influenced by Mogollon culture, Tornadoes State government Earl Campbell the "Tyler Rose" played football for John Tyler High in Tyler before playing for the Texas Longhorns and the Houston Oilers Don Meredith who famously played for the Dallas Cowboys played at Mt Vernon Dez Bryant a football player from Lufkin formerly played wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys before signing with the New Orleans Saints (then getting injured three days afterwards) Adrian Peterson a star running back for the Minnesota Vikings played high-school football in Palestine Other high-school sports are popular in East Texas including basketball baseball volleyball softball and track. In 1999 the Houston-based Enron Corporation began construction of a 40-floor skyscraper Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates and Kendall/Heaton Associates and completed in 2002 the building was originally known as the Enron Center the company collapsed in a well-publicized manner in 2001 and the building became officially known by its address 1500 Louisiana Street, 5.3 South America 6 Aftermath Three federally recognized Native American tribes reside in Texas: the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas and the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas.[citation needed] a remnant of the Choctaw tribe in East Texas still lives in the Mt Tabor Community near Overton Texas.[citation needed]. 2013 referendum and aftermath Stafford (mostly in Fort Bend County) Publicly owned Blues music developed throughout the Southern United States where several areas developed distinctive regional sounds Houston's distinctive sound grew in the 1920 with early influencers like Lightnin' Hopkins and T-Bone Walker the sound matured over the next 50 years during which it became known as Texas blues the style would gain international notoriety in the modern era when it was adopted by popular regional rockers Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top among others.
Three-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali fought Cleveland Williams in the Astrodome in November 1966, Founded in 1892 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth also called "The Modern" is Texas's oldest art museum Fort Worth also has the Kimbell Art Museum the Amon Carter Museum the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame the Will Rogers Memorial Center and the Bass Performance Hall downtown the Arts District of Downtown Dallas has arts venues such as the Dallas Museum of Art the Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center. The original building of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston designed by William Ward Watkin was opened in 1924 it was the first art museum built in Texas and the third in the South the museum building has continued to evolve throughout the years Cullinan Hall designed by Mies van der Rohe in the International style opened in 1958 in the 1970s that addition received an addition also designed by van der Rohe Both additions were statements of modern architecture using an abundance of glass and steel. . 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. .
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