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In the northern part of East Texas awareness of the native and historical Caddo Mississippian culture remains significant Cherokee County is home to the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site Patrons can also view the "Caddo Indian Collection" at the Gregg County Historical Museum in Longview in the mid-19th century East Texas cities such as Marshall and Jefferson constituted a sphere of influence that led the entire state into the Confederacy and during the Mexican and Republic periods Nacogdoches and San Augustine were the most developed and influential cities in East Texas. . 9.2 Municipal Fire/EMS Services (22.7) 63.4 Pedro de Candia (Panama 1527 Colombia and Ecuador 1528 Peru 1530) Harris County ESD #28 Fire Ponderosa VFD 1% .10. Geology The chief administrative officer of a Texas County as set up in the Texas Constitution is the County Judge who sits as the chair of the county's Commissioners' Court (the equivalent of a Board of Supervisors in some other states) Since 2007 this position in Harris County is held by Judge Ed Emmett the county is split into 4 geographical divisions called Precincts Each precinct elects a Commissioner to sit as a representative of their precinct on the commissioners court and also for the oversight of county functions in their area. Ike (2008) Like other Southern states by the late 1870s white Democrats regained control of the state legislature They passed a new constitution in 1876 that segregated schools and established a poll tax to support them but it was not originally required for voting. Racial violence continued by whites against blacks as they enforced white supremacy Despite this freedmen pursued education organized new churches and fraternal organizations and entered politics winning local offices By the 1890s more than 100,000 blacks were voting in state elections in 1896 and 1898 Republican Robert B Hawley was elected to Congress from the state by a plurality when most white voters split between the Democratic and Populist parties Democrats were determined to end competition by Republicans and Populists and reviewed what other Southern states were doing to disenfranchise blacks and poor whites Mississippi's new constitution of 1890 had survived a Supreme Court case although in practice it was highly discriminatory against freedmen, La Porte ISD The United Kingdom France and Italy formed the Stresa Front in April 1935 in order to contain Germany a key step towards military globalization; however that June the United Kingdom made an independent naval agreement with Germany easing prior restrictions the Soviet Union concerned by Germany's goals of capturing vast areas of Eastern Europe drafted a treaty of mutual assistance with France Before taking effect though the Franco-Soviet pact was required to go through the bureaucracy of the League of Nations which rendered it essentially toothless the United States concerned with events in Europe and Asia passed the Neutrality Act in August of the same year. Main articles: Ordinance of Secession Confederate States of America and Texas in the American Civil War.

After the American Revolution many tribes were being consistently moved to migrate further west and give up their lands to American citizens This may have been due to the unusual circumstance that the United States still considered many of these tribes as foreign nations but outwardly claimed the land they stood on That being said the main push was for new rich farmland as the plantation-style farming on the east coast soon damaged the native soil Many tribes in the early 19th century became fed up with these practices choosing to migrate to Texas which was still a part of New Spain at the time These tribes include the Mingo Seneca the Lenape the Kickapoo and the Muscogee They were initially welcomed by the locals ignored by the Spanish and played a major role in the Texas Revolution the Native Americans also had a heavy influence in early cowboy culture in terms of dress cuisine & the introduction of the Lasso. However after Texas became part of the United States most of the native people of Texas who had not integrated into White-styled culture were pushed into Indian Territory or moved further west. The Laura the first steamship ever to visit Houston arrived in January 1837 on January 1 1837 the town comprised twelve residents and one log cabin; four months later there were 1,500 people and 100 houses the city was granted incorporation by the state legislature on June 5 1837 and was made as the temporary capital of Texas at this time drunkenness dueling brawling prostitution and profanity began to become a problem in early Houston! . At the beginning of the 1980 play off series between the Astros and the Phillies KILT AM radio announced that the Astros number one fan "Astroman" would live on top of the Domed stadium and would not come down until the Astros won the World Series Over the next 10 days Astroman played by KILT salesman Denver Griffith lived on top of the Astrodome in a six-man tent on top of the Astrodome was also a telephone hot line back to KILT radio where Griffith as Astroman would give interviews throughout the day Astroman was completely cut off and could only get food and drink by lowering a rope with a basket the 18 stories from the top of the Astrodome to the center of the playing field at one point Griffith got so desperate for food and drink that his mother had to intervene and interrupt an Oilers practice so that the needed supplies could be delivered Every night a local TV station would sign off with a shot of Astroman on top of the Astrodome waving to a circling news chopper! 5.2 San Jacinto 23 Apache Corporation 206, The University of Texas at San Antonio Plain unadorned granite structure with minimal features Only an entrance is visible. .