11.3 Oil Matthias Ward settled in Clarksville Red River County and Jefferson Marion County, 14 People in the service of Portugal In 1839 the Republic of Texas relocated its capital to Austin the town suffered another setback that year when a yellow fever epidemic claimed about one life out of every eight residents Yet it persisted as a commercial center forming a symbiosis with its Gulf Coast port Galveston Landlocked farmers brought their produce to Houston using Buffalo Bayou to gain access to Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico Houston merchants profited from selling staples to farmers and shipping the farmers' produce to Galveston. . 1 Etymology Skyscrapers Humble Average precipitation days (= 0.01 in) 7.2 7.8 9.6 11.5 12.2 10.7 10.3 8.4 9.5 11.8 10.4 7.8 117.2 Webster 1.4 Weather In August 2017 Houston experienced record flooding as a result of Hurricane Harvey the damages due to flash flooding are estimated at or above $50 billion making it one of the worst and costliest natural disasters in the United States Relief efforts are currently underway and are expected to last for years to come. East Texas comprises 41 counties 38 of which collaborate in sub-regional Ark-Tex Council of Governments the East Texas Council of Governments the Deep East Texas Council of Governments and the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission.
The war in Europe concluded with an invasion of Germany by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union culminating in the capture of Berlin by Soviet troops the suicide of Adolf Hitler and the German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945 Following the Potsdam Declaration by the Allies on 26 July 1945 and the refusal of Japan to surrender under its terms the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August respectively With an invasion of the Japanese archipelago imminent the possibility of additional atomic bombings the Soviet entry into the war against Japan and its invasion of Manchuria Japan announced its intention to surrender on 15 August 1945 cementing total victory in Asia for the Allies Tribunals were set up by the Allies and war crimes trials were conducted in the wake of the war both against the Germans and the Japanese. Main article: Spanish Texas 2011 estimate Alternate plate.svg, History On April 1 2001 the WWE (then known as the WWF) hosted WrestleMania X-Seven which set an all-time record attendance for the Astrodome of 67,925 the main event of the card saw Texas native "Stone Cold" Steve Austin challenge and defeat WWF Champion the Rock in a No Disqualification Match for the Rock's Championship the card also featured the first of Houston native the Undertaker's three WrestleMania victories over Triple H and the second Tables Ladders and Chairs Match between Edge & Christian the Dudley Boyz and the Hardy Boyz the card is perceived by many fans and wrestling historians to be the greatest WrestleMania ever.
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