Houston TranStar Center Cedar Bayou Houston's topography is further defined by a large number of creeks and ditches Overall this intricate system of waterways is essential to flood control; Houston is well known as one of the most flood-prone cities in the United States. Since the mid-20th century the United States Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the city and Harris County Flood Control District has channelized paved widened and deepened extensive sections of all of the five major bayous specified above with the notable exception of some parts of the Buffalo near Memorial the Buffalo Bayou watershed also features two flood control reservoirs Addicks Reservoir and Barker Reservoir which retain large amounts of water after extreme rainfall events. The Astro Spiral car jump was performed January 12 1972 by Chick Galiano of J.M Productions' Hell Drivers This stunt was later performed in the 1974 James Bond film the Man With the Golden Gun. 16.7 Pre-1865 McNair Houston's Theater District is ranked second in the country (behind New York City) in the number of theatre seats in a concentrated downtown area with 12,948 seats for live performances and 1,480 movie seats the Theater District is located in the heart of downtown and is home to nine of Houston's performing arts organizations and six performance halls Houston is one of only five cities in the United States with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines: opera (Houston Grand Opera) ballet (Houston Ballet) music (Houston Symphony Orchestra) and theatre (Alley Theatre) the city has visual and performing arts organizations along with a dose of homegrown folk art such as Art Cars. Houston is widely recognized as an important city for contemporary visual arts.[citation needed] the city is a stop for touring companies from Broadway concerts shows and exhibitions for a variety of interests ranging from the nation's largest quilting show to auto boat home and gun shows, The same year Mexico enacted the General Colonization Law which enabled all heads of household regardless of race or immigrant status to claim land in Mexico. Mexico had neither manpower nor funds to protect settlers from near-constant Comanche raids and it hoped that getting more settlers into the area could control the raids the government liberalized its immigration policies allowing for settlers from the United States to immigrate to Texas; . Texas 6.svg State Highway 6 City Hall of Houston 1913. Houston is a significant hub for trafficking of cocaine cannabis heroin MDMA and methamphetamine due to its size and proximity to major illegal drug exporting nations. Houston is one of the country's largest hubs for human trafficking. Harris County ESD #4 (4A) Dual Huffman FD 1% (2%) .10 (.10), In the late 1720s the viceroy of New Spain closed the presidio in East Texas and reduced the size of the garrisons at the remaining presidios leaving only 144 soldiers in the entire province With no soldiers to protect them the East Texas missions relocated to San Antonio, Texas 225.svg State Highway 225 a.k.a - La Porte Freeway. .
The Emperor commissioned bishop Pedro de la Gasca to restore the peace naming him president of the Audiencia and providing him with unlimited authority to punish and pardon the rebels Gasca repealed the New Laws the issue around which the rebellion had been organized Gasca convinced Pedro de Valdivia explorer of Chile Alonso de Alvarado another searcher for El Dorado and others that if he were unsuccessful a royal fleet of 40 ships and 15,000 men was preparing to sail from Seville in June.[clarification needed], Defendants at the Nuremberg trials where the Allied forces prosecuted prominent members of the political military judicial and economic leadership of Nazi Germany for crimes against humanity, Main articles: Military production during World War II and Home front during World War II; War breaks out in the Pacific (1941) (21.8) 63.0 I-610 (TX).svg Interstate 610 a.k.a - North Loop Freeway north of downtown Houston or West Loop Freeway west of downtown Houston or South Loop Freeway south of downtown Houston or East Loop Freeway east of downtown Houston, 1970 1,741,912 40.1% 1900 44,633 62.0% Houston is home to the Johnson Space Center NASA's largest research and development facility employing nearly 3,000 federal civil service workers and more than 14,000 contract personnel. Program offices for Project Constellation Orion and other new space vehicle projects will create new jobs at the center.[needs update] the city's burgeoning aerospace industry heralded its second growth spurt which solidified with the 1973 oil crisis the majority of the contractor work force related to the projects will also be located at the center. Texas Governor Rick Perry recently announced a $7.5 million Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant to Lockheed Martin which will bring about 1,000 jobs to the Houston area the grant ensures that Lockheed Martin will create these jobs in the Houston area after they earned a multibillion-dollar contract from NASA to build the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Houston is also home to the United Space Alliance which employs well over 10,000 people; . Previously a largely rural area East Texas became more urban as workers were recruited for the oil shipbuilding and aircraft industries East Texans made many contributions to the war effort both at home and in the armed forces High schools had patriotic programs as well but so many teachers and older students left for the military or for defense jobs that budgets were cut programs dropped and the curriculum had to be scaled down Hospitals reported a shortage of supplies and medical personnel as many doctors and most of the younger nurses joined the services, 3.7 Language Goose Creek CISD, 1910 115,693 81.4% U.S Decennial Census!
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