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13 See also Harris County 1910 Courthouse Restored, Texas leads the nation in the production of cattle horses sheep goats wool mohair and hay the state also leads the nation in production of cotton which is the number one crop grown in the state in terms of value the state grows significant amounts of cereal crops and produce. Texas has a large commercial fishing industry With mineral resources Texas leads in creating cement crushed stone lime salt sand and gravel, Environmental issues European occupations and agreements. .

! ; In 1540 expeditions under Hernando de Alarcon and Melchior Diaz visited the area of Yuma and immediately saw the natural crossing of the Colorado River from Mexico to California by land as an ideal spot for a city as the Colorado River narrows to slightly under 1000 feet wide in one small point Later military expeditions that crossed the Colorado River at the Yuma Crossing include Juan Bautista de Anza (1774); The Portuguese victory at the Second Battle of Guararapes ended Dutch presence in Brazil Notes Europe Northwest Gulf of Mexico which extends from Alabama to the Rio Grande. 1970 1,741,912 40.1% Texas has the seventh highest birth rate in the United States with nearly 400,000 babies born each year. Over half of all Texas births are paid by Medicaid totaling over $2.2 billion per year in birth and delivery-related services for mothers and infants. Studies have found that infant mortality is usually caused by birth defects pre-term birth low birth weight Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and pregnancy complications the average amount spent in the first year of life for a preterm birth with major complications (excluding extreme prematurity) is $19,059 and $4,019 for a preterm birth without major complications compared to $410 for an uncomplicated term birth, Animals were another important factor for Spanish triumph on the one hand the introduction of the horse and other domesticated pack animals allowed them greater mobility unknown to the Indian cultures However in the mountains and jungles the Spaniards were less able to use narrow Amerindian roads and bridges made for pedestrian traffic which were sometimes no wider than a few feet in places such as Argentina New Mexico and California the indigenous people learned horsemanship cattle raising and sheep herding the use of the new techniques by indigenous groups later became a disputed factor in native resistance to the colonial and American governments.