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1910 115,693 81.4% Spindletop the first major oil gusher, Society La Porte Municipal Airport in La Porte 1890 2,235,527 40.4% Mexico's attacks on Texas intensified the conflict between the political factions in an incident known as the Texas Archive War in 1842 to "protect" the Texas national archives President Sam Houston ordered them out of Austin Austin residents suspicious of the president's motives because of his avowed disdain of the capital forced the archives back to Austin at gunpoint the Texas Congress admonished Houston for the incident and the incident would solidify Austin as Texas's seat of government for the Republic and the future state! .

In the late 1990s and early 2000s decade there was a mini-boom of mid-rise and high-rise residential tower construction with several over 30 stories tall. Since 2000 more than 30 high-rise buildings have gone up in Houston; all told 72 high-rises tower over the city which adds up to about 8,300 units, Houston Texas Business Directory Piney Point Village. . Main articles: Genocide the Holocaust Nazi concentration camps Extermination camp Forced labour under German rule during World War II Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany and Nazi human experimentation, Educational attainment Barker, Prenatal care Bus stop in Houston 1956. Soldiers of the British Commonwealth forces from the Australian Army's 9th Division during the Siege of Tobruk; North African Campaign August 1941, Barbara Jordan was elected to the US House of Representatives by Houston residents on November 8 1966, Gulf beach near Sabine Pass. The Alley Theatre Houston is considered to be a politically divided city whose balance of power often sways between Republicans and Democrats Much of the city's wealthier areas vote Republican while the city's working class and minority areas vote Democratic According to the 2005 Houston Area Survey 68 percent of non-Hispanic whites in Harris County are declared or favor Republicans while 89 percent of non-Hispanic blacks in the area are declared or favor Democrats About 62 percent of Hispanics (of any race) in the area are declared or favor Democrats the city has often been known to be the most politically diverse city in Texas a state known for being generally conservative. As a result the city is often a contested area in statewide elections in 2009 Houston became the first U.S city with a population over 1 million citizens to elect a gay mayor by electing Annise Parker. Beaumont Place Contents, The city of Houston was founded by land speculators on August 30 1836 at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou (a point now known as Allen's Landing) and incorporated as a city on June 5 1837 the city is named after former General Sam Houston who was president of the Republic of Texas and had won Texas' independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of Allen's Landing. After briefly serving as the capital of the Texas Republic in the late 1830s Houston grew steadily into a regional trading center for the remainder of the 19th century, 4 Spanish exploration As of April 2013 the state's unemployment rate is 6.4 percent. ! .