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Urrea reached Matamoros on January 31 a committed federalist himself he soon convinced other federalists in the area that the Texians' ultimate goal was secession and their attempt to spark a federalist revolt in Matamoros was just a method of diverting attention from themselves. Mexican double agents continued to assure Johnson and Grant that they would be able to take Matamoros easily. While Johnson waited in San Patricio with a small group of men Grant and between 26 and 53 others roamed the area between the Nueces River and Matamoros. Although they were ostensibly searching for more horses it is likely Grant was also attempting to contact his sources in Matamoros to further coordinate an attack; The Allen brothers first landed in the area where the confluence of White Oak Bayou and Buffalo Bayou served as a natural turning basin now known as Allen's Landing the "city to be" was named after Sam Houston the hero of San Jacinto whom the Allen brothers admired and anticipated to be the first President of the Republic of Texas Gail Borden Jr a publisher and surveyor who would later found Borden Inc exercised foresight when he laid out wide streets for the town.[unreliable source?]. ; Texans in 1909 marked an icon of progress with the construction of the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi the 190-foot steel-frame skyscraper was the 14-story Praetorian Building housing the Praetorian Insurance Company Dallas became the regional headquarters of the Federal Reserve in 1914 strengthening its dominance of Texas banking the city had reached 260,000 population by 1929 when the effects of the Stock Market Crash hit Texas causing a sharp drop in the prices of oil cotton and cattle; growth came to a standstill. Geography Aldine Obesity policy The Houston Ship Channel connecting the Port of Houston to the Gulf passes through Galveston Bay Houston is the largest city on the bay while smaller ones include Galveston Pasadena Baytown and Texas City the bay provides nursery and spawning grounds for large amounts of marine life and is important for both commercial and recreational fishing.