. 7.3 Languages The surrender of Granada in 1492 the last Moorish sultan of Granada Muhammad XII before Ferdinand and Isabella. . 13 People in the service of Spain, 134 Sarah Davis Republican 2010 Inner western portions of Houston (including Meyerland River Oaks and Memorial Park) Texas Medical Center West University Place Bellaire Southside Place Western Montrose, Despite the region's high rate of automobile usage attitudes towards transportation among Houstonians indicate a growing preference for walkability a 2017 study by the Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research found that 56% of Harris County residents have a preference for dense housing in a mixed-use walkable setting as opposed to single-family housing in a low-density area a plurality of survey respondents also indicated that traffic congestion was the most significant problem facing the metropolitan area in addition many households in the city of Houston have no car in 2015 8.3 percent of Houston households lacked a car which was virtually unchanged in 2016 (8.1 percent) the national average was 8.7 percent in 2016 Houston averaged 1.59 cars per household in 2016 compared to a national average of 1.8. ! . !
Francisco Pizarro meets with the Inca emperor Atahualpa 1532 Houston Heights World War II Memorial. 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, 2 Background In June 1979 the Ixtoc I oil platform in the Bay of Campeche suffered a blowout leading to a catastrophic explosion which resulted in a massive oil spill that continued for nine months before the well was finally capped This was ranked as the largest oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, Houston Texas Business Directory. . The Harris County Flood Control District manages the effects of flooding in the county 12.1 Cities (multiple counties) The Williams Tower is the tallest building in the US outside a central business district. 1920 186,667 61.3% 11 External links The playing surface in 1999, 146 Halliburton Houston ISD Manufacturing and industry. 14 Halliburton 144 4 Spanish exploration Houston Texas Business Directory Geography and climate 7 Trade 13 People in the service of Spain They also brought or purchased enslaved African Americans whose numbers tripled in the state from 1850 to 1860 from 58,000 to 182,566.
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