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. Houston Texas Business Directory, Throughout the night Mexican troops worked to fortify their camp creating breastworks out of everything they could find including saddles and brush at 9 a.m on April 21 Cos arrived with 540 reinforcements bringing the Mexican force to 1,200 men which outnumbered the Texians. Cos's men were raw recruits rather than experienced soldiers and they had marched steadily for more than 24 hours with no rest and no food. As the morning wore on with no Texian attack Mexican officers lowered their guard by afternoon Santa Anna had given permission for Cos's men to sleep; his own tired troops also took advantage of the time to rest eat and bathe, A large stone complex several stories high Two crosses top the structures in the foreground.

Three community college districts have campuses in and around Houston the Houston Community College System (HCC) serves most of Houston proper; its main campus and headquarters are located in Midtown Suburban northern and western parts of the metropolitan area are served by various campuses of the Lone Star College System while the southeastern portion of Houston is served by San Jacinto College and a northeastern portion is served by Lee College the Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are among the 10 largest institutions of higher learning in the United States. Houston is home to many parks including Hermann Park which houses the Houston Zoo and the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Memorial Park What was once the Houston Civic Center was replaced by the George R Brown Convention Center one of the nation's largest; and the Jesse H Jones Hall for the Performing Arts home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra the Sam Houston Coliseum and Music Hall have been replaced by the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Real estate and corporate location Like most of the South the Texas economy was devastated by the War However since the state had not been as dependent on slaves as other parts of the South it was able to recover more quickly the culture in Texas during the later 19th century exhibited many facets of a frontier territory the state became notorious as a haven for people from other parts of the country who wanted to escape debt criminal prosecution or other problems Indeed "Gone to Texas" was a common expression for those fleeing the law in other states Nevertheless the state also attracted many businessmen and other settlers with more legitimate interests as well, Timber Meadows Main article: Geography of Texas, 3.1 European exploration Top publicly traded companies. Jersey Village 4.2 North America colonization Texas 3.svg State Highway 3. 2.4 1940s 11.3 Cycling Colleges and universities Museum District In the 1620s and 1630s the Dutch West India Company established many trade posts or colonies the Spanish silver fleet which carried silver from Spanish colonies to Spain were seized by Piet Heyn in 1628 in 1629 Suriname and Guyana were established.[clarification needed] in 1630 the West India Company conquered part of Brazil and the colony of New Holland (capital Mauritsstad present-day Recife) was founded, In the 1970s the Chinese-American community in Houston which had been relatively small started growing at a rapid rate. Italian defeats prompted Germany to deploy an expeditionary force to North Africa and at the end of March 1941 Rommel's Afrika Korps launched an offensive which drove back the Commonwealth forces in under a month Axis forces advanced to western Egypt and besieged the port of Tobruk, NRG Stadium is the home of the Houston Texans, Morris Sheppard born in Morris County 3.1 2015 Texas Population Estimate Program. See also: List of Texas counties, Soldiers of the British Commonwealth forces from the Australian Army's 9th Division during the Siege of Tobruk; North African Campaign August 1941.