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The land comprising Mexican Texas between the Red Sabine and Nueces Rivers is shaded yellow the land between this boundary and the Rio Grande on the south and the Arkansas River on the north is shaded green and marked as "claimed territory". ; . . Portuguese exploration Houston is a flat marshy area where an extensive drainage system has been built the adjoining prairie land drains into the city which is prone to flooding. Underpinning Houston's land surface are unconsolidated clays clay shales and poorly cemented sands up to several miles deep the region's geology developed from river deposits formed from the erosion of the Rocky Mountains These sediments consist of a series of sands and clays deposited on decaying organic marine matter that over time transformed into oil and natural gas Beneath the layers of sediment is a water-deposited layer of halite a rock salt the porous layers were compressed over time and forced upward As it pushed upward the salt dragged surrounding sediments into salt dome formations often trapping oil and gas that seeped from the surrounding porous sands the thick rich sometimes black surface soil is suitable for rice farming in suburban outskirts where the city continues to grow. . . Tourism has not been a highly significant source of economic activity in East Texas although several high-traffic corridors pass through East Texas which have aided economic development along those routes These include: Interstate 30 (from Dallas through Texarkana) Interstate 20 (through Dallas and on through Shreveport) Interstate 10 (through Houston and Beaumont into Louisiana) Interstate 45 (through Houston up to Dallas) and U.S Highway 59 (through Houston and north past Texarkana; in process of being upgraded along most of the route to Interstate 69), Exterior of Rothko Chapel Harris-Fort Bend ESD #100 Dual Community FD 1% .07951.

. 6.3 Occupation When World War II started tonnage levels at the port decreased and shipping activities were suspended; however the war did provide economic benefits for the city Petrochemical refineries and manufacturing plants were constructed along the ship channel because of the demand for petroleum and synthetic rubber products by the defense industry during the war. Ellington Field initially built during World War I was revitalized as an advanced training center for bombardiers and navigators the Brown Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1942 to build ships for the U.S Navy during World War II Due to the boom in defense jobs thousands of new workers migrated to the city both blacks and whites competing for the higher-paying jobs President Roosevelt had established a policy of nondiscrimination for defense contractors and blacks gained some opportunities especially in shipbuilding although not without resistance from whites and increasing social tensions that erupted into occasional violence Economic gains of blacks who entered defense industries continued in the postwar years, Pre-war events Erin (2007), 8.1.1 Germans Unionism The 2010 U.S Census shows these 41 East Texas counties with a population of 2,057,518 residents which represents 8% of the total state population of Texas. . According to Children at Risk a local nonprofit research organization 21% of the Harris County children live in poverty 6.5 per 1,000 die before age one and 38% drop out of high school. Contents One important reason was the need for alternatives to the expensive eastern trade routes that followed the Silk Road Those routes were dominated first by the republics of Venice and Genoa and then by the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 the Ottomans barred European access for decades the Spanish Netherlands ports produced more revenue than the colonies since all goods brought from Spain Mediterranean possessions and the colonies were sold directly there to neighbouring European countries: wheat olive oil wine silver spice wool and silk were big businesses.[citation needed]. .