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. The Compromise of 1850 set Texas's boundaries at their present form U.S Senator James Pearce of Maryland drafted the final proposal where Texas ceded its claims to land which later became half of present-day New Mexico a third of Colorado and small portions of Kansas Oklahoma and Wyoming to the federal government in return for the assumption of $10 million of the old republic's debt. Post-war Texas grew rapidly as migrants poured into the cotton lands of the state, 1930 292,352 111.4% Western view of the Downtown Houston skyline in 2010, (124) 5.68 2 Climate The Jesse H Jones Hall for the Performing Arts commonly known as Jones Hall is a performance venue in Houston and the permanent home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Society for the Performing Arts Completed in October 1966 at the cost of $7.4 million it was designed by the Houston-based architectural firm Caudill Rowlett Scott the hall which takes up a city block has a white Italian marble exterior with eight-story tall columns the lobby is dominated by a 60-foot (18 m) high ceiling with a massive hanging bronze sculpture by Richard Lippold entitled "Gemini II." the ceiling of the concert hall consists of 800 hexagonal segments that can be raised or lowered to change the acoustics of the hall the building won the 1967 American Institute of Architects' Honor Award which is bestowed on only one building annually. . 3.1 European exploration Main articles: Aftermath of World War II and Consequences of Nazism, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez Democratic Houston Texas Business Directory; Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Texas (METRO) serves several areas within Harris County an agency of the Harris County government Harris County Transit serves communities in Harris County that are not served by METRO, The University of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston-area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area $3.13 billion in total economic benefit and 24,000 local jobs generated. This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates the UH System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout Texas These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston After five years 80.5% of graduates are still living and working in the region, 4.1 County facilities In 1973 the United States Environmental Protection Agency prohibited the dumping of undiluted chemical waste by manufacturing interests into the Gulf and the military confessed to similar behavior in waters off Horn Island.

Microplastics within semi-enclosed seas like the Gulf have been reported in high concentrations and the Gulf's first such study estimated concentrations that rival the highest globally reported. . ; Houston Texas Business Directory Temperature wise the city (and much of Southeast Texas) has four distinct seasons (Summer Spring Fall Winter) but weather wise the city has only two seasons (rainy and dry) the wet season lasts from April/May to September/October the dry season lasts from November/December to March/April However during El Nino or La Nina years the wet and dry season can often either last longer than usual or be delayed.