Further information: List of companies in Houston In 2017 the United Healthcare Foundation ranked Texas as the 34th healthiest state in the United States. Obesity excessive drinking maternal mortality infant mortality and vaccinations are among the major public health issues facing Texas. . Many large mass shootings have occurred in Texas including the University of Texas tower shooting the Luby's shooting the 2009 Fort Hood shooting the Sutherland Springs church shooting the Santa Fe High School shooting and the 2019 El Paso shooting. Texas 249.svg State Highway 249 a.k.a - Tomball Parkway going from Tomball and SE or Tomball Tollway going from Tomball and NW. The Dome was completed in November 1964 six months ahead of schedule. Many engineering changes were required during construction including the modest flattening of the supposed "hemispherical roof" to cope with environmentally induced structural deformation and the use of a new paving process called "lime stabilization" to cope with changes in the chemistry of the soil the air conditioning system was designed by Houston mechanical engineers Israel A Naman and Jack Boyd Buckley of I A Naman + Associates. . . .

Three-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali fought Cleveland Williams in the Astrodome in November 1966. Colleges and universities 7 Demographics Roadways 6.3 Occupation Further information: Pre-Columbian Mexico The American researcher H.F Dobyns said that 95% of the total population of the Americas died in the first 130 years and that 90% of the population of the Inca Empire died in epidemics. Cook and Borah of the University of California at Berkeley believe that the indigenous population in Mexico declined from 25.2 million in 1518 to 700,000 people in 1623 less than 3% of the original population. Buffalo Bayou is the longest and largest of the bayous which flow through Houston following a 53-mile (85 km) route from Katy through Memorial Rice Military Downtown the East End Denver Harbor and Channelview before meeting the San Jacinto River at Galveston Bay the broad eastern stretch of the river known as the Houston Ship Channel plays an essential role in the Port of Houston and is home to one of the largest petrochemical refining complexes in the United States. Buffalo Bayou's environs are also home to significant amounts of parkland including linear parks such as Terry Hershey Park and Buffalo Bayou Park which serve as corridors for walking and bicycling, Sack-O-Grande Acroport (also known as Harbican Airport) is located in western unincorporated Harris County (41) 104 Japanese invasion of China (1937). Franklin Mountains State Park The United States agreed to recognize the Republic of Texas in March 1837 but declined to annex the territory the fledgling republic now attempted to persuade European nations to agree to recognition in late 1839 France recognized the Republic of Texas after being convinced it would make a fine trading partner, West University Place While some East Texans associate with cowboy culture most identify more with plantation traditions of the South than with the expansive cattle ranching of the plains regions of Texas However East Texans commonly own and trade cattle Several "sale barns" exist across East Texas with weekly and monthly trades as is common in other parts of the lower South. Shipwrecks Concrete auditorium fronted by a large glass atrium over which is a slightly curved roof supported by narrow angled poles. The space shuttle atop its Boeing 747 flying over NASA's Johnson Space Center, The late 1970s saw a population boom thanks to the Arab Oil Embargo People from the Rust Belt states moved into Houston at a rate of over 1,000 a week mostly from Michigan and are still moving to Houston to this day. .