. Houston Texas Business Directory, 6 Biota Harris was granted a league of land (about 4,428 acres) at Buffalo Bayou He platted the town of Harrisburg in 1826 while he established a trading post and a grist mill there He ran boats transporting goods between New Orleans and Harrisburg until his death in the fall of 1829. ! . Map of northern part of Gulf of Mexico.
1 Arts and theatre 1870 818,579 35.5% Crime French 0.25% Water pollution of the Houston Ship Channel became notorious in 1972 Work on the Texas Commerce Tower now the JPMorgan Chase Tower began in 1979, Energy and oil (15 companies) 3.7 Language Houston Texas Business Directory 3.5 The Pine Curtain; Other race 0.4% 10.6% 11.7% 10.5% Pearland (mostly in Brazoria County and a small part in Fort Bend County). . District 7 Lizzie Pannill Fletcher Democratic 2018 West Houston Memorial Villages Bellaire West University Place west and northwest areas of county. Occurrences of freezing rain also known as ice storms are more common than snow in Houston Some of the most recent ice storms occurred in 1997 2007 February 4 2011 and January 16 2018 an overnight event occurred from January 23 2014 to January 24 another significant icing occurred a few days later on January 28 and a third event took place on March 4 These storms can be very disruptive since road crews are not equipped to handle such rare events over the city's expansive size. When ice occurs roads and schools are usually closed the city's Office of Emergency Management encourages driver's to "avoid driving unless absolutely necessary. if roadways are at risk of icing." Typically such ice storms affect mainly the northern/western areas of the metro while the southern/eastern areas are left with just cold rain the ice storm that occurred on January 16 2018 started as cold rain for several hours before changing to a wintry mix and then eventually sleet and snow Temperatures started in the low-mid 30s and quickly dropped to the 20s in the afternoon and before dipping into the teens by the evening/overnight hours which caused all the rain to turn to ice accumulating a thickness up to 1' on some roads bridges overpasses making it one of the worst winter storms in the history of the state. Houston Texas Business Directory, Houston first started shipping cotton lumber and other manufacturing products Alexander McGowen established the iron industry and Tom Whitmarsh built a cotton warehouse a fire ravaged Houston on March 10 1859 but the city rebuilt itself soon after.[citation needed], Texas racial breakdown of population. Houston Texas Business Directory White 86.8% 75.2% 71.0% 70.4% Soviet civilians leaving destroyed houses after a German bombardment during the Battle of Leningrad 10 December 1942!
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