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; . .
. By 1900 the Dallas population reached 38,000 as banking and insurance became major activities in the increasingly white-collar city which was now the world's leading cotton center it was also the world's center of harness making and leather goods Businessmen took control of civic affairs; with little municipal patronage there was only a small role for the Democratic Party to play the predominantly black Republican Party was essentially closed out of politics by the disenfranchisement in 1901 of most blacks through imposition of a poll tax (see below). Sports Sports The first Hattie Mae White Administration Building; it has been sold and demolished Houston is the tenth largest television market in the United States While Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States other cities that are smaller than Houston have metropolitan region that are larger than Houston's. . .
Walter P. Seegert Attorney at Law