Houston Texas Business Directory Minute Maid Park. Alamo The architecture of Houston includes a wide variety of award-winning and historic examples located in various areas of the city of Houston Texas From early in its history to current times the city inspired innovative and challenging building design and construction as it quickly grew into an internationally recognized commercial and industrial hub of Texas and the United States. Texans also enjoy the rodeo the world's first rodeo was hosted in Pecos Texas the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest rodeo in the world it begins with trail rides that begin from several points throughout the state that convene at Reliant Park the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Fort Worth is the oldest continuously running rodeo incorporating many of the state's most historic traditions into its annual events Dallas hosts the State Fair of Texas each year at Fair Park. Rank Name County Pop. David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport a general aviation airport is located outside of the Tomball city limits in unincorporated northwest Harris County. 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. Downtown Houston 9 Notes Map of Houston 1913 3.3 Astrodome Revitalization Project Joe R Lansdale award-winning author and martial arts expert born in Gladewater Gregg County.
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