. . After a failed attempt to convince Spanish authorities to reestablish missions in Texas in 1711 Franciscan missionary Francisco Hidalgo approached the French governor of Louisiana for help the French governor sent representatives to meet with Hidalgo This concerned Spanish authorities who ordered the reoccupation of Texas as a buffer between New Spain and French settlements in Louisiana in 1716 four missions and a presidio were established in East Texas Accompanying the soldiers were the first recorded female settlers in Spanish Texas, in Houston for 2011 East Texans enjoy many Texas state parks including Caddo Lake Atlanta Daingerfield Lake Bob Sandlin Tyler Mission Tejas in Grapeland Cooper Lake Lake Tawakoni Martin Creek Huntsville Lake Sam Rayburn Lake Livingston and Sea Rim among others East Texas is also home to the Angelina National Forest Sam Houston National Forest Sabine National Forest Big Thicket National Preserve Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge and McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge. . Houston Texas Business Directory, Hostile native tribes and distance from nearby Spanish colonies discouraged settlers from moving to the area it was one of New Spain's least populated provinces in 1749 the Spanish peace treaty with the Lipan Apache angered many tribes including the Comanche Tonkawa and Hasinai the Comanche signed a treaty with Spain in 1785 and later helped to defeat the Lipan Apache and Karankawa tribes. With more numerous missions being established priests led a peaceful conversion of most tribes By the end of the 18th century only a few nomadic tribes had not converted to Christianity, Recently developed tree-ring evidence shows that the illness which reduced the population in Aztec Mexico was aided by a great drought in the 16th century and which continued through the arrival of the Spanish conquest. This has added to the body of epidemiological evidence indicating that cocoliztli epidemics (Nahuatl name for viral haemorrhagic fever) were indigenous fevers transmitted by rodents and aggravated by the drought the cocoliztli epidemic from 1545 to 1548 killed an estimated 5 to 15 million people or up to 80% of the native population the cocoliztli epidemic from 1576 to 1578 killed an estimated additional 2 to 2.5 million people or about 50% of the remainder. Houston has many examples of residential architecture of varying styles from the mansions of River Oaks and Memorial to row houses in the several wards a number of Houston's earliest homes are located in what is now Sam Houston Park Homes in the Heights have varied architectural styles including Victorian Craftsman and Colonial Revival Post-war housing constructed throughout Houston reflects many architectural styles. The current Texas Constitution was adopted in 1876 Like many states it explicitly provides for a separation of powers the state's Bill of Rights is much larger than its federal counterpart and has provisions unique to Texas.
. Main article: Texas Medical Center Houston Art Car Parade. Although Texas was essentially a one-party state during this time and the Democratic primary was viewed as "the real election," the Democratic Party had conservative and liberal factions which became more pronounced after the New Deal. Additionally several factions of the party briefly split during the 1930s and 1940s. . .
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