In 1900 Texas suffered the deadliest natural disaster in U.S history during the Galveston hurricane on January 10 1901 the first major oil well in Texas Spindletop was found south of Beaumont Other fields were later discovered nearby in East Texas West Texas and under the Gulf of Mexico the resulting "oil boom" transformed Texas. Oil production eventually averaged three million barrels per day at its peak in 1972. Houston Texas Business Directory, Ben Westhoff author of Dirty South: Outkast Lil Wayne Soulja Boy and the Southern Rappers who Reinvented Hip-Hop said that Houston is geographically isolated from other cities that have rap music traditions so Houston rap music has its own slang and sound which does not "translate" in other regions Many DJs like to severely slow down music and repeat lines several times a style known as "chopped and screwed." the originator of "Chopped and Screwed" style music was the late Dj Screw Screw began making this type of music while under the influence of promethazine with codeine cough syrup the drinking of which is now heavily popularized in hip-hop culture Westhoff says that the style which slurs the speeches of the rappers gives the music an "extraterrestrial quality." Bounce music also became popular in Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Population demographics and government (as of 2010) 17 Baker Hughes 170. Houston Texas Business Directory, The space shuttle atop its Boeing 747 flying over NASA's Johnson Space Center. In the county the population was distributed as 29.00% under the age of 18 10.3% from 18 to 24 33.4% from 25 to 44 19.8% from 45 to 64 and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older the median age was 31 years for every 100 females there were 99.2 males for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.0 males, 3 Dallas Dallas 1,317,929 Largest city in Texas by year European occupations and agreements 3.3 Treaties A variety of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches can be found in Houston Immigrants from Eastern Europe the Middle East Ethiopia India and other areas have added to Houston's Eastern and Oriental Orthodox population As of 2011 in the entire State of Texas there were 32,000 people who actively attend Orthodox churches in 2013 Father John Whiteford the pastor of St Jonah Orthodox Church near Spring stated that there were about 6,000-9,000 Eastern Orthodox Christians in Houston.
Adrian Peterson Palestine Anderson county 2010 Census The median income for a household in the county was $42,598 and for a family was $49,004 Males had a median income of $37,361 versus $28,941 for females the per capita income for the county was $21,435 About 12.1% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line including 19.6% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over, The first artist to play the Astrodome was Judy Garland on December 17 1965 where she was paid $43,000 for the one show the Supremes were her opening act and tickets were priced $1.00 to $7.50 the dome seated 48,000 with another 12,000 seats added for this show Garland appeared on stage at 10 p.m and sang for 40 minutes with her set of songs including: "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"; "Just in Time"; "My Kind Of Town Houston Is"/"Houston"; "As Long as He Needs Me"; "Joey Joey Joey"; "Do it Again"; "What Now My Love?"; "By Myself"; "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby"; "San Francisco"; "Chicago"; and "Over the Rainbow." Mort Lindsey conducted. . Although the Red Army was preparing for strategic counter-offensives before the war Barbarossa forced the Soviet supreme command to adopt a strategic defence During the summer the Axis made significant gains into Soviet territory inflicting immense losses in both personnel and materiel By the middle of August however the German Army High Command decided to suspend the offensive of a considerably depleted Army Group Centre and to divert the 2nd Panzer Group to reinforce troops advancing towards central Ukraine and Leningrad the Kiev offensive was overwhelmingly successful resulting in encirclement and elimination of four Soviet armies and made possible further advance into Crimea and industrially developed Eastern Ukraine (the First Battle of Kharkov), Average precipitation inches (mm) 5.35 Nichols-Rice-Cherry House located in Sam Houston Park; ; Astrodome Skylights Though 35 percent of Texas' population is now Hispanic African-Americans are still the most populous minority in Southeast Texas During the Civil Rights Movement several communities clashed over racial integration issues, The Southwest Freeway near Downtown Houston lies under water due to flooding from Tropical Storm Allison!
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