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Mexico's attacks on Texas intensified the conflict between the political factions in an incident known as the Texas Archive War in 1842 to "protect" the Texas national archives President Sam Houston ordered them out of Austin Austin residents suspicious of the president's motives because of his avowed disdain of the capital forced the archives back to Austin at gunpoint the Texas Congress admonished Houston for the incident and the incident would solidify Austin as Texas's seat of government for the Republic and the future state, 17 Further reading 12.4 Unincorporated communities, Texas Revolution Contents 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 (June 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message); ; The Niels and Mellie Esperson buildings are examples of Italian Renaissance architecture in downtown Houston. Designed by John Eberson the two buildings were built in 1927 and 1941 respectively. They are detailed with massive columns great urns terraces and a grand tempietto at the top similar to one built in the courtyard of San Pietro in Rome in 1502. Mellie Esperson had the first building constructed for her husband Niels a real estate and oil tycoon. His name is carved on the side of the building in large letters at street level the name "Mellie Esperson" is carved on the accompanying structure known as the Mellie Esperson building although it is really just a 19-story annex to the original building! . . Many notable music artists have East Texas roots including: George Jones (Saratoga) Miranda Lambert (Lindale) Kacey Musgraves (Mineola) Neal McCoy (Longview and Jacksonville) Lee Ann Womack (Jacksonville) Janis Joplin (Port Arthur) Don Henley (Linden) Ray Price (Perryville) Johnny Horton (Rusk) Johnny Mathis (Gilmer) Tex Ritter (Panola County) Jim Reeves (Panola County) Mark Chesnutt (Beaumont) Tracy Byrd (Vidor) Clay Walker (Beaumont) Chris Tomlin (Grand Saline) and Michelle Shocked (Gilmer) among many others. .

! 2000 Census Genocide concentration camps and slave labour, The population of the new state was quite small at first and there was a strong mix between the English-speaking American settlers that dominated in the state's eastern/northeastern portions and the Spanish-speaking former Mexicans that dominated in the state's southern and western portions Statehood brought many new settlers Because of the long Spanish presence in Mexico and various failed colonization efforts by the Spanish and Mexicans in northern Mexico there were large herds of Longhorn cattle that roamed the state Hardy by nature but also suitable for slaughtering and consumption they represented an economic opportunity many entrepreneurs seized upon thus creating the cowboy culture for which Texas is famous While in the early days of the republic cattle and bison were slaughtered for their hides soon a beef industry was established with cattle being shipped all over the U.S and the Caribbean (within a few decades beef had become a staple of the American diet), Highways Estimates for the total number of casualties in the war vary because many deaths went unrecorded. Most suggest that some 60 million people died in the war including about 20 million military personnel and 40 million civilians. Many of the civilians died because of deliberate genocide massacres mass-bombings disease and starvation.[citation needed]. Missouri City (mostly in Fort Bend County) Although Santa Anna's troops had been thoroughly vanquished they did not represent the bulk of the Mexican army in Texas an additional 4,000 troops remained under the commands of Urrea and General Vicente Filisola. Texians had won the battle due to mistakes made by Santa Anna and Houston was well aware that his troops would have little hope of repeating their victory against Urrea or Filisola as darkness fell a large group of prisoners were led into camp Houston initially mistook the group for Mexican reinforcements and shouted out that all was lost, The Southwest Freeway near Downtown Houston lies under water due to flooding from Tropical Storm Allison. . Real estate and corporate location Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch. (-5) 14 11 Larry Taylor Republican 2013 Southeast, As of the general elections of 2014 a large majority of the members of Texas's U.S House delegation are Republican along with both U.S Senators in the 114th United States Congress of the 36 Congressional districts in Texas 24 are held by Republicans and 11 by Democrats One seat is vacant Texas's Senators are John Cornyn and Ted Cruz Since 1994 Texans have not elected a Democrat to a statewide office the state's Democratic voters are made up primarily by liberal and minority groups in Austin Beaumont Dallas El Paso Houston and San Antonio as well as minority voters in East and South Texas, Houston 94/75 34/24 63/54 17/12 In 2008 the facility was cited for numerous code violations Since then only maintenance workers and security guards have been allowed to enter the stadium while it is brought up to code the city council rejected demolition plans on environmental grounds over concerns that demolition of the Dome might damage the dense development that today closely surrounds it. . NRG Stadium According to U.S News and World Report many hospitals in Houston consistently rank among the nation's top healthcare institutions, Houston Texas Business Directory After the failed bond election of 2013 the county went back to the drawing board and in August 2014 the County Commissioners Court announced a new plan to save and rejuvenate the Astrodome the new concept centered around leaving the Dome's roof intact and converting the Astrodome's vast central space into a covered semi-climate-controlled city park that could have flexible uses for both public recreation and gatherings such as festivals and concerts the remainder of the complex would have been redeveloped over time using a combination of public and private funds and include elements such as an educational exploration area to encourage students to learn about the sciences and engineering and possibly meeting exhibition and restaurant areas that would not only serve the general public but could also add value to the Houston Texans' Game Day Experiences and be used by the Rodeo a key element of this proposal centered around the ability for the county to proceed with the initial phases of the project using existing funds without having to seek voter approval for an expensive bond referendum. However this plan failed as well.