Harris County ESD #16 Fire Klein VFD 1% .05 Houston's turbulent beginning Although no new fighting techniques were introduced during the Texas Revolution casualty figures were quite unusual for the time Generally in 19th-century warfare the number of wounded outnumbered those killed by a factor of two or three From October 1835 through April 1836 approximately 1,000 Mexican and 700 Texian soldiers died while the wounded numbered 500 Mexican and 100 Texian the deviation from the norm was due to Santa Anna's decision to label Texian rebels as traitors and to the Texian desire for revenge. . The 2003 Texas redistricting of Congressional districts led by Republican Tom DeLay was called by the New York Times "an extreme case of partisan gerrymandering" a group of Democratic legislators the "Texas Eleven" fled the state in a quorum-busting effort to prevent the legislature from acting but was unsuccessful the state had already redistricted following the 2000 census Despite these efforts the legislature passed a map heavily in favor of Republicans based on 2000 data and ignoring the estimated nearly one million new residents in the state since that date Career attorneys and analysts at the Department of Justice objected to the plan as diluting the votes of African American and Hispanic voters but political appointees overrode them and approved it. Legal challenges to the redistricting reached the national Supreme Court in the case League of United Latin American Citizens v Perry (2006) but the court ruled in favor of the state (and Republicans).
. . . . . Religious affiliation in Texas (2014), Hurricanes and tropical storms Bunker Hill Village 1.3 Reconstruction through 1900 In December 1940 British Empire forces began counter-offensives against Italian forces in Egypt and Italian East Africa the offensives were highly successful; by early February 1941 Italy had lost control of eastern Libya and large numbers of Italian troops had been taken prisoner the Italian Navy also suffered significant defeats with the Royal Navy putting three Italian battleships out of commission by a carrier attack at Taranto and neutralising several more warships at the Battle of Cape Matapan. Oil Main article: Republic of Texas, 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. Design and construction In 1697 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville sailed for France and was chosen by the Minister of Marine to lead an expedition to rediscover the mouth of the Mississippi River and to colonize Louisiana which the English coveted Iberville's fleet sailed from Brest on October 24 1698 on January 25 1699 Iberville reached Santa Rosa Island in front of Pensacola founded by the Spanish; he sailed from there to Mobile Bay and explored Massacre Island later renamed Dauphin Island He cast anchor between Cat Island and Ship Island; and on February 13 1699 he went to the mainland Biloxi with his brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville on May 1 1699 he completed a fort on the north-east side of the Bay of Biloxi a little to the rear of what is now Ocean Springs Mississippi This fort was known as Fort Maurepas or Old Biloxi a few days later on May 4 Pierre Le Moyne sailed for France leaving his teenage brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne as second in command to the French commandant.
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