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. . See List of Highways in Harris County for more roadways in Harris County! The Mississippi River Watershed is the largest drainage basin of the Gulf of Mexico Watershed Car culture is often celebrated by residents especially during the annual Art Car Parade where many uniquely modified cars are paraded through the Heights neighborhood Another car culture celebrated in Houston is the slab culture usually found in Houston's inner city neighborhoods (including former Houston-area suburban communities e.g South Park Sunnyside Acres Homes and enclaves in Missouri City) the cars used for slabs are usually restored and/or customized full-size GM vehicles (Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado Buick or a restored Oldsmobile e.g Cutlass Delta 88) the slab culture is associated with Houston hip-hop musicians! . . Houston first started shipping cotton lumber and other manufacturing products Alexander McGowen established the iron industry and Tom Whitmarsh built a cotton warehouse a fire ravaged Houston on March 10 1859 but the city rebuilt itself soon after.[citation needed]. In 1869 the Ship Channel Company was formed to deepen Buffalo Bayou and improve Houston as a shipping port Despite the postwar social unrest migrants flocked to Texas for new opportunities Texas businessmen joined together to expand the railroad network which contributed to Houston's primacy in the state and the development of Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and El Paso.

8 References Many (estimate of about 1 in 70 (1.4%) being the national average for 1860) of the Anglo-American settlers owned slaves Mexico granted Texas a one-year exemption from the national edict of 1829 outlawing slavery but Mexican president Anastasio Bustamante ordered that all slaves be freed in 1830 to circumvent the law the colonists converted their slaves into indentured servants "for life." by 1836 there were 5,000 enslaved African Americans in Texas. 7 Education In 1339 Angelino Dulcert of Majorca produced the portolan chart map Evidently drawing from the information provided in 1336 by Lanceloto Malocello sponsored by King Dinis of Portugal it showed Lanzarote island named Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus and marked by a Genoese shield as well as the island of Forte Vetura (Fuerteventura) and Vegi Mari (Lobos) although Dulcert also included some imaginary islands himself notably Saint Brendan's Island and three islands he names Primaria Capraria and Canaria! MD Anderson Cancer Center The Museum of Fine Arts. . ; .