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16.1 Surveys US 290.svg U.S Highway 290 a.k.a - Northwest Freeway, Galveston Bay District 9 Al Green Democratic 2004 Alief Southwest Houston Houston's Southside, Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Houston Texas Business Directory. Main article: Second Italo-Ethiopian War Texas 288.svg State Highway 288 a.k.a - South Freeway. The first Texas Legislature declined to ratify the treaty Houston had signed with the Cherokee declaring he had no authority to make any promises. Although the Texian interim governments had vowed to eventually compensate citizens for goods that were impressed during the war efforts for the most part livestock and horses were not returned. Veterans were guaranteed land bounties; in 1879 surviving Texian veterans who served more than three months from October 1 1835 through January 1 1837 were guaranteed an additional 1,280 acres (520 ha) in public lands. Over 1.3 million acres (559 thousand ha) of land were granted; some of this was in Greer County which was later determined to be part of Oklahoma, 147 Garnet Coleman Democratic 1990 Downtown Houston inner southeastern portions of Houston (mainly west of I-45) Eastern Montrose Midtown Third Ward.

. 11 External links Harris County ESD #1 EMS Harris County Emergency Corps .10 4.7 In popular culture Emergency Services (33.8) 92.7 In 1839 the Republic of Texas relocated its capital to Austin the town suffered another setback that year when a yellow fever epidemic claimed about one life out of every eight residents Yet it persisted as a commercial center forming a symbiosis with its Gulf Coast port Galveston Landlocked farmers brought their produce to Houston using Buffalo Bayou to gain access to Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico Houston merchants profited from selling staples to farmers and shipping the farmers' produce to Galveston. Comprising a total area of 637.4 square miles (1,651 km2) Houston is the eighth most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties) It is the largest city in the United States by total area whose government is not consolidated with that of a county parish or borough Though primarily in Harris County small portions of the city extend into Fort Bend and Montgomery counties bordering other principal communities of Greater Houston such as Sugar Land and the Woodlands, Houston Texas Business Directory, Houston Texas Business Directory. . One Shell Plaza, The newly elected Texian delegates to the Convention of 1836 quickly signed a Declaration of Independence on March 2 forming the Republic of Texas After electing interim officers the Convention disbanded the new government joined the other settlers in Texas in the Runaway Scrape fleeing from the approaching Mexican army. After several weeks of retreat the Texian Army commanded by Sam Houston attacked and defeated Santa Anna's forces at the Battle of San Jacinto. Santa Anna was captured and forced to sign the Treaties of Velasco ending the war, 11.1 Highways Deer Park ISD Adjacent to the Texas Medical Center is the Museum District which is home to most of the city's major museums: the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; the Cullen Sculpture Garden; the Houston Museum of Natural Science; the Holocaust Museum Houston; the Children's Museum of Houston; Lawndale Art Center; the Houston Zoo; the John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science; and the Menil Collection Approximately 4 million people visit institutions in the Museum District every year.[citation needed]. 1943 1944 1945 onwards, Statehood Houston Texas Business Directory, Minor oil spills 16 External links! Cityscape Main article: History of Texas Portuguese exploration.