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Energy JPMorgan Chase Tower 1930 5,824,715 24.9% Significant numbers of people of Cajun and Creole descent have come from Louisiana although most are assimilated partially or completely into East Texas culture (adopting the local culture and losing to varying degrees their original culture) This assimilation pattern has often historically included conversion from Catholicism to Protestant faiths United States settlers from the Protestant Southeast practiced some discrimination against Cajun and Creole migrants a cultural attitude that persisted until quite recently Despite the tendency towards assimilation Cajun and Creole cuisine (for example jambalaya and catfish gumbo) are popular in the region Many East Texans including those without Louisiana roots are known to be expert at preparing at least some well-known Louisiana dishes. . Religious affiliation in Texas (2014) The median income for a household in the county was $42,598 and for a family was $49,004 Males had a median income of $37,361 versus $28,941 for females the per capita income for the county was $21,435 About 12.1% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line including 19.6% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over! . From November 1943 during the seven-week Battle of Changde the Chinese forced Japan to fight a costly war of attrition while awaiting Allied relief in January 1944 the Allies launched a series of attacks in Italy against the line at Monte Cassino and tried to outflank it with landings at Anzio. .

. In 1983 the Wells Fargo Bank Plaza was completed which became the second-tallest building in Houston and in Texas and the 11th-tallest in the country it was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Lloyd Jones Brewer and Associates and supposedly resembles an abstracted dollar sign in plan From street level the building is 71 stories tall or 972 ft (296 m) tall it also extends four more stories below street level, All of East Texas also lies within the Gulf Coastal Plain but with less uniformity than the climate with rolling hills in the north and flat coastal plains in the south Local vegetation also varies from north to south with the lower third consisting of the temperate grassland extending from South Texas to South Louisiana the northern two-thirds of the region is dominated by temperate forest known as the Piney Woods which extends over 23,500 square miles (61,000 km2) the Piney Woods are part of a much larger region of pine-hardwood forest that extends into Louisiana Arkansas and Oklahoma the Piney Woods area thins out as it nears the Gulf of Mexico West of the Piney Woods are the ranchlands and remnant oak forests of the East Central Texas forests ecoregion. . 12.1 Navigation School Trustee Pct 2 Pos 1 Marvin Morris Republican Cotton ranching and farming dominated the economy with railroad construction after 1870 a major factor in the development of new cities away from rivers and waterways Toward the end of the 19th century timber became an important industry in Texas as well in 1901 a petroleum discovery at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont was developed as the most productive oil well the world had ever seen the wave of oil speculation and discovery that followed came to be known as the "Oil Boom" permanently transforming and enriching the economy of Texas Agriculture and ranching gave way to a service-oriented society after the boom years of World War II Segregation ended in the 1960s due to federal legislation Politically Texas changed from the virtually one-party Democratic state achieved following disenfranchisement to a highly contested political scene until 2000 when it was solidly Republican the economy of Texas has continued to grow rapidly becoming the second-largest state in population in 1994 and became economically highly diversified with a growing base in new technology. Houston Texas Business Directory Main article: Transportation in Texas, Rose Hill The knowledge of wind patterns and currents the trade winds and the oceanic gyres in the Atlantic and the determination of latitude led to the discovery of the best ocean route back from Africa: crossing the Central Atlantic to the Azores using the winds and currents that spin clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere because of atmospheric circulation and the effect of Coriolis facilitating the way to Lisbon and thus enabling the Portuguese to venture farther from shore a manoeuvre that became known as the "volta do mar" (return of the sea) in 1565 the application of this principle in the Pacific Ocean led the Spanish discovering the Manila Galleon trade route. U.S Decennial Census Counties included are Anderson Angelina Bowie Camp Cass Cherokee Delta Franklin Gregg Hardin Harrison Henderson Hopkins Houston Jasper Jefferson Lamar Marion Morris Nacogdoches Newton Orange Panola Polk Rains Red River Rusk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto Shelby Smith Titus Trinity Tyler Upshur Van Zandt and Wood County Texas (36) 103 1860 604,215 184.2%. Asian 6.0% 5.3% 4.1% 0.4% Terminal E used exclusively by United Airlines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (40) 97 Mexico launched two small expeditions into Texas in 1842 the town of San Antonio was captured twice and Texans were defeated in battle in the Dawson massacre Despite these successes Mexico did not keep an occupying force in Texas and the republic survived the republic's inability to defend itself added momentum to Texas's eventual annexation into the United States. .