. Further information: List of newspapers in Houston List of television stations in Houston and List of radio stations in Houston, Due to the industrial infrastructure in and around Houston natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey have also led to numerous toxic spills and disasters including the 2017 Arkema plant explosion, 4 Shipwrecks 4 Cityscape Houston Texas Business Directory. The Toyota Center the arena for the Houston Rockets opened in fall 2003, James W Flanagan settled in Henderson Rusk County 14 People in the service of Portugal. . . The League of Nations assembly held in Geneva Switzerland 1930 Texas has made a strong mark on national and international pop culture the entire state is strongly associated with the image of the cowboy shown in westerns and in country western music the state's numerous oil tycoons are also a popular pop culture topic as seen in the hit TV series Dallas, Developing male cones and needles In 2013 Houston was identified as the number one U.S city for job creation by the U.S Bureau of Statistics after it was not only the first major city to regain all the jobs lost in the preceding economic downturn but also after the crash more than two jobs were added for every one lost Economist and vice president of research at the Greater Houston Partnership Patrick Jankowski attributed Houston's success to the ability of the region's real estate and energy industries to learn from historical mistakes Furthermore Jankowski stated that "more than 100 foreign-owned companies relocated expanded or started new businesses in Houston" between 2008 and 2010 and this openness to external business boosted job creation during a period when domestic demand was problematically low. Also in 2013 Houston again appeared on Forbes' list of "Best Places for Business and Careers"; . Boom periods of the four major industries that built the early Texas economy, According to the Handbook of Texas the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north-central Lamar County southwestward to east-central Limestone County and then southeastward towards eastern Galveston Bay" though most sources separate the Gulf Coast area into a separate region.
. 10 Corporate involvement in culture White American 70.4 percent (Non-Hispanic whites 45.3 percent). . ! One of the primary motivations for annexation was the Texas government's huge debts the United States agreed to assume many of these upon annexation However the former Republic never fully paid off its debt until the Compromise of 1850 in return for $10 million a large portion of Texas-claimed territory now parts of Colorado Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico and Wyoming was ceded to the Federal government. ; In the 16th century perhaps 240,000 Europeans entered American ports. By the late 16th century gold and silver imports from America provided one-fifth of Spain's total budget. !
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