Tax Assessor-Collector Ann Harris Bennett Democratic, Western Gulf of Mexico which is located between Veracruz to the south and the Rio Grande to the north, After receiving notice from Juan de Grijalva of gold in the area of what is now Tabasco the governor of Cuba Diego de Velasquez sent a larger force than had previously sailed and appointed Cortes as Captain-General of the Armada Cortes then applied all of his funds mortgaged his estates and borrowed from merchants and friends to outfit his ships Velasquez may have contributed to the effort but the government of Spain offered no financial support. The largest denominations by number of adherents in 2010 were the Roman Catholic Church (4,673,500); the Southern Baptist Convention (3,721,318); the United Methodist Church with (1,035,168); and Islam (421,972); . General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte 20 October 1944.
. In December southward-moving cold fronts can bring cold rain low wind chills and rarely frozen precipitation Early January is the coldest time of the year with temperatures moderating slightly by February Winter is also the driest part of the year for Houston. Texas has the most farms and the highest acreage in the United States the state is ranked No.?1 for revenue generated from total livestock and livestock products It is ranked No.?2 for total agricultural revenue behind California at $7.4 billion or 56.7 percent of Texas's annual agricultural cash receipts beef cattle production represents the largest single segment of Texas agriculture This is followed by cotton at $1.9 billion (14.6 percent) greenhouse/nursery at $1.5 billion (11.4 percent) broilers at $1.3 billion (10 percent) and dairy products at $947 million (7.3 percent). This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (February 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)! . Geography Beginning around the mid-20th century Texas began to transform from a rural and agricultural state to one urban and industrialized the state's population grew quickly during this period with large levels of migration from outside the state. As a part of the Sun Belt Texas experienced strong economic growth particularly during the 1970s and early 1980s. Texas's economy diversified lessening its reliance on the petroleum industry by 1990 Hispanics overtook blacks to become the largest minority group in the state; War breaks out in the Pacific (1941), Stephen F Austin the "Father of Texas.", Sediment in the Gulf of Mexico The Great Plains region in central Texas spans through the state's panhandle and Llano Estacado to the state's hill country near Austin This region is dominated by prairie and steppe "Far West Texas" or the "Trans-Pecos" region is the state's Basin and Range Province the most varied of the regions this area includes Sand Hills the Stockton Plateau desert valleys wooded mountain slopes and desert grasslands. .
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