. (-8) 29 Lufkin (35,067) Texas has 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers with the Rio Grande as the largest Other major rivers include the Pecos the Brazos Colorado and Red River While Texas has few natural lakes Texans have built over 100 artificial reservoirs!
2011 estimate 1930 5,824,715 24.9% Geography 7.4 Tejano In 1869 the Ship Channel Company was formed to deepen Buffalo Bayou and improve Houston as a shipping port Despite the postwar social unrest migrants flocked to Texas for new opportunities Texas businessmen joined together to expand the railroad network which contributed to Houston's primacy in the state and the development of Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and El Paso. . . Houston Texas Business Directory, In recent years the region has become home to many patent-holding companies due to its legal system being particularly friendly to patent holders and hostile to out-of-state tech defendants; Further information: List of newspapers in Houston List of television stations in Houston and List of radio stations in Houston. . Arts and literature Texas 6.svg State Highway 6 Stephen F Austin the "Father of Texas." The surrender of Granada in 1492 the last Moorish sultan of Granada Muhammad XII before Ferdinand and Isabella.
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