. Main article: Politics of Houston, Lady Bird Taylor Johnson around age three in East Texas. On August 19 1995 a scheduled preseason game between the Oilers and the San Diego Chargers had to be canceled due to the dilapidated condition of the playing field Oilers owner Bud Adams demanded a new stadium but the city of Houston refused to fund it After years of threats Adams moved the team to Tennessee after the 1996 season. Around that time the Astros also threatened to leave the city unless a new ballpark was built the retractable-roofed Enron Field (now known as Minute Maid Park) opened for the 2000 season in downtown Houston. 10.1 Healthcare Disease in the Americas Nacogdoches (32,996) 5.4 Criminal law An additional obvious legacy is that of Roman Catholicism At the end of Spain's reign over Texas virtually all inhabitants practiced the Catholic religion and it is still practiced in Texas by a large number of people the Spanish missions built in San Antonio to convert Indians to Catholicism have been restored and are a National Historic Landmark.
. See also: List of tallest buildings in Houston. Houston Texas Business Directory 142 Harold Dutton Jr. Democratic 1984 East Houston and Northshore area. The large size of Texas and its location at the intersection of multiple climate zones gives the state highly variable weather the Panhandle of the state has colder winters than North Texas while the Gulf Coast has mild winters Texas has wide variations in precipitation patterns El Paso on the western end of the state averages 8.7 inches (220 mm) of annual rainfall while parts of southeast Texas average as much as 64 inches (1,600 mm) per year. Dallas in the North Central region averages a more moderate 37 inches (940 mm) per year. In 2009 20% of the office space in northwest Harris County was vacant As of that year more office space is being built; in 2010 northwest Harris will have twice the amount of office space that it had in 2009 the vacancy rate in the area near Farm to Market Road 1960 and Texas State Highway 249 in north Harris County was 53% in 2009, Main articles: Ordinance of Secession Confederate States of America and Texas in the American Civil War.
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