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Fountain of the Downtown Aquarium Houston in 2012 4.1 Baseball 17 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 Meyerland Bellaire West University Place much of Greater Katy area far west Houston Barker Reservoir. 3 Extreme weather Other languages spoken include German (including Texas German) by 0.33% (73,137) Tagalog with 0.29% (64,272) speakers and French (including Cajun French) was spoken by 0.25% (55,773) of Texans. Reportedly Cherokee is the most widely spoken Native American language in Texas, Main article: Education in Texas, Constable Precinct 6 Silvia Trevino Democratic After the fort was constructed one of the ships returned to France and the other two were soon destroyed in storms stranding the settlers La Salle and his men searched overland for the Mississippi River traveling as far west as the Rio Grande and as far east as the Trinity River. Disease and hardship laid waste to the colony and by early January 1687 fewer than 45 people remained That month a third expedition launched a final attempt to find the Mississippi the expedition experienced much infighting and La Salle was ambushed and killed somewhere in East Texas. Land use politics Pre-Columbian history Greenway Plaza Carroll Shelby racer and car developer known for Shelby Cobra and numerous Ford and Chrysler products Leesburg Camp County. Houston contains few naturally-formed lakes Lake Houston an 11,854-acre (4,797-hectare) reservoir located approximately 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Downtown was created by damming the San Jacinto River in the 1950s to create a dependable long-term supply of drinking water the lake is owned and operated by the City of Houston. Besides supplying water to the city the lake is also a central feature of the Kingwood community and serves as a recreational destination, Main articles: Ordinance of Secession Confederate States of America and Texas in the American Civil War, In the 18th century there appears to have been some sort of war in the western part of the state whereas most of the tribes of Texas divided along a line the Coahuiltecans at some point would have migrated south to merge with their sister tribes in the 18th century the Creek Confederacy formed on the east coast forcing several smaller Muskogean peoples out of the state They may have migrated to Texas & Mexico where they were absorbed into other tribes the Choctaw also split and one of their four subtribes the Houma came to reside in the eastern region the state before returning to Louisiana.

Evel Knievel jumped 13 cars two nights in a row drawing over 100,000 spectators to the Astrodome in January 1971 and though there was talk of him making an actual jump over the stadium itself sometime in the future it never happened; 4 Economy Ben Westhoff author of Dirty South: Outkast Lil Wayne Soulja Boy and the Southern Rappers who Reinvented Hip-Hop said that Houston is geographically isolated from other cities that have rap music traditions so Houston rap music has its own slang and sound which does not "translate" in other regions Many DJs like to severely slow down music and repeat lines several times a style known as "chopped and screwed." the originator of "Chopped and Screwed" style music was the late Dj Screw Screw began making this type of music while under the influence of promethazine with codeine cough syrup the drinking of which is now heavily popularized in hip-hop culture Westhoff says that the style which slurs the speeches of the rappers gives the music an "extraterrestrial quality." Bounce music also became popular in Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Huntsville (38,548) (Huntsville Walker County Texas is not of the above 41 listed counties of East Texas.). 147 Garnet Coleman Democratic 1990 Downtown Houston inner southeastern portions of Houston (mainly west of I-45) Eastern Montrose Midtown Third Ward! Taxation Transportation Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes, In 2004 Houston unveiled the first Mahatma Gandhi statue in the state of Texas at Hermann Park Houston's Indian American Community were cheerful after 10 years in 2010 when the Hillcroft and Harwin area were renamed Mahatma Gandhi District in honor of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as that area is the center of Indian commerce, Manufacturing and industry General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte 20 October 1944. .