7.2 Pop 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, 1900 3,048,710 36.4% YES Prep North Central of YES Prep Public Schools; Channelview ISD (33.7) 89.1 Texas Revolution Caddo Lake. Retail See also: List of events in Houston and List of people raised in Houston. On October 15 1986 the Astros and the visiting New York Mets played Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS the 16-inning contest was at the time the longest game in MLB post season history the Mets would take a 7-4 lead into the bottom of the 16th inning and hold on for a 7-6 victory over the Astros Ironically the record was broken in Houston 19 years later at Minute Maid Park during the 2005 NLDS when the Astros won an 18-inning game against the Atlanta Braves. Europe Starting in the late twentieth century many traditional homes townhomes and high-rise condominiums were constructed (or converted) for residents wishing to live in the downtown and inner-loop area spurred by a focused revitalization effort after years of suburban exodus These emerging urban dwellings can be found in an eclectic array of styles. . Stephen F Austin was the first American empresario given permission to operate a colony within Mexican Texas, Founded in 1892 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth also called "The Modern" is Texas's oldest art museum Fort Worth also has the Kimbell Art Museum the Amon Carter Museum the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame the Will Rogers Memorial Center and the Bass Performance Hall downtown the Arts District of Downtown Dallas has arts venues such as the Dallas Museum of Art the Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center, 4 Media (2) 23 Further information: List of colleges and universities in Houston. .
. . Stephen F Austin was the first American empresario given permission to operate a colony within Mexican Texas, 1990 saw the opening of Houston Intercontinental Airport's new 12-gate Mickey Leland International Airlines terminal named after the recently deceased Houston congressman in 1991 Sakowitz stores shut down; the Sakowitz brothers had brought their original store from Galveston to Houston in 1911 August 10 1991 saw a redrawing of districts for city council so that minority groups could be better represented in the city council 1993 saw the G8 visiting to discuss world issues and zoning was defeated for a third time by voters in November, As of 2014 Census estimates Harris County had a population of 4,441,370 people. Texas in 1718 Guillaume de L'Isle map approximate state area highlighted northern boundary was indefinite Impact! Germany had been de facto divided and two independent states the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were created within the borders of Allied and Soviet occupation zones the rest of Europe was also divided into Western and Soviet spheres of influence. Most eastern and central European countries fell into the Soviet sphere which led to establishment of Communist-led regimes with full or partial support of the Soviet occupation authorities As a result East Germany Poland Hungary Romania Czechoslovakia and Albania became Soviet satellite states Communist Yugoslavia conducted a fully independent policy causing tension with the Soviet Union, 1910 3,896,542 27.8% 12.1 1950s Texas drought, In 2000 1,961,993 residents of Harris County spoke English only the five largest foreign languages in the county were Spanish or Spanish Creole (1,106,883 speakers) Vietnamese (53,311 speakers) Chinese (33,003 speakers) French including Cajun and Patois (33,003 speakers) and Urdu (14,595 speakers) Among those who spoke other languages 46% of Spanish speakers 37% of Vietnamese speakers 50% of Chinese speakers 85% of French speakers and 72% of Urdu speakers said that they spoke English at least "very well". . 5.3 South America Harris County Criminal Courts Building 1970 1,232,802 31.4% 13 References La Porte In 1945 the M.D Anderson Foundation formed the Texas Medical Center After the war Houston's economy reverted to being primarily port-driven in 1948 the city annexed several unincorporated areas more than doubling its size Houston proper began to spread across the region.
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