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Music Gregg County (121,730), Texans in 1909 marked an icon of progress with the construction of the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi the 190-foot steel-frame skyscraper was the 14-story Praetorian Building housing the Praetorian Insurance Company Dallas became the regional headquarters of the Federal Reserve in 1914 strengthening its dominance of Texas banking the city had reached 260,000 population by 1929 when the effects of the Stock Market Crash hit Texas causing a sharp drop in the prices of oil cotton and cattle; growth came to a standstill, Texas has a plural executive branch system limiting the power of the governor which is a weak executive compared to some other states Except for the Secretary of State voters elect executive officers independently; thus candidates are directly answerable to the public not the governor. This election system has led to some executive branches split between parties and reduced the ability of the governor to carry out a program When Republican President George W Bush served as Texas's governor the state had a Democratic lieutenant governor Bob Bullock the executive branch positions consist of the Governor Lieutenant Governor Comptroller of Public Accounts Land Commissioner Attorney General Agriculture Commissioner the three-member Texas Railroad Commission the State Board of Education and the Secretary of State. Ezekiel W Cullen Building at the University of Houston Designed by Renzo Piano the Menil Collection is a contemporary art museum known for its simplicity flexibility open spaces and illumination with natural light located in a small park surrounded by residential housing. Opening in 1986 the 402-foot (123 m)-long two-story-high box of steel wood and glass contains the artwork collection of John and Dominique de Menil. Further information: List of University Interscholastic League events 14 Halliburton 144 Big Tex presided over every Texas State Fair since 1952 until it was destroyed by fire in 2012. ; !

(11.9) 46.2 2000 to present-day Italian invasion of Ethiopia (1935), Dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, Hoping more settlers would reduce the near-constant Comanche raids Mexican Texas liberalized its immigration policies to permit immigrants from outside Mexico and Spain. Under the Mexican immigration system large swathes of land were allotted to empresarios who recruited settlers from the United States Europe and the Mexican interior the first grant to Moses Austin was passed to his son Stephen F Austin after his death. When Europeans arrived in the Texas region there were several races of Native peoples divided into many smaller tribes They were Caddoan Atakapan Athabaskan Coahuiltecan and Uto-Aztecan the Uto-Aztecan Puebloan peoples lived neared the Rio Grande in the western portion of the state the Athabaskan-speaking Apache tribes lived throughout the interior the Caddoans controlled much of the Red River region and the Atakapans were mostly centered along the Gulf Coast at least one tribe of Coahuiltecans the Aranama lived in southern Texas This entire culture group primarily centered in northeastern Mexico is now extinct It is difficult to say who lived in the northwestern region of the state originally By the time the region came to be explored it belonged to the fairly well-known Comanche another Uto-Aztecan people who had transitioned into a powerful horse culture but it is believed that they came later and did not live there during the 16th century it may have been claimed by several different peoples including Uto-Aztecans Athabaskans or even Dhegihan Siouans. Deer Park, The Houston Airport System a branch of the municipal government oversees the operation of three major public airports in the city Two of these airports George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P Hobby Airport offer commercial aviation service to a variety of domestic and international destinations and served 55 million passengers in 2016 the third Ellington Airport is home to the Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base the Federal Aviation Administration and the state of Texas selected the Houston Airport System as "Airport of the Year" in 2005 largely due to the implementation of a $3.1 billion airport improvement program for both major airports in Houston, Classical District Attorney Kim Ogg Democratic "Surrender of Santa Anna" by William Henry Huddle shows the Mexican president and general surrendering to a wounded Sam Houston battle of San Jacinto. 4 Brandon Creighton Republican 2014 Kingwood far eastern portions of Baytown In 1762 France finally relinquished their claim to Texas by ceding all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain as part of the treaty to end the Seven Years' War. Spain saw no need to continue to maintain settlements near French outposts and ordered the closure of Los Adaes making San Antonio the new provincial capital the residents of Los Adaes were relocated in 1773 After several attempts to settle in other parts of the province the residents returned to East Texas without authorization and founded Nacogdoches! The Downtown Houston skyline The Consulate-General of Pakistan in Houston in an unincorporated area of Harris County, Pedro de Candia (Panama 1527 Colombia and Ecuador 1528 Peru 1530) On May 12 2016 a release of oil from subsea infrastructure on Shell's Brutus oil rig released 2,100 barrels of oil This leak created a visible 2 mile by 13 mile oil slick in the sea about 97 miles south of Port Fourchon Louisiana according to the U.S Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. ! .