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(39) 106 In 1762 France finally relinquished their claim to Texas by ceding all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain as part of the treaty to end the Seven Years' War. Spain saw no need to continue to maintain settlements near French outposts and ordered the closure of Los Adaes making San Antonio the new provincial capital the residents of Los Adaes were relocated in 1773 After several attempts to settle in other parts of the province the residents returned to East Texas without authorization and founded Nacogdoches; In 1900 after Galveston was struck by a devastating hurricane efforts to make Houston into a viable deep-water port were accelerated the following year the discovery of oil at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont prompted the development of the Texas petroleum industry in 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt approved a $1 million improvement project for the Houston Ship Channel by 1910 the city's population had reached 78,800 almost doubling from a decade before African Americans formed a large part of the city's population numbering 23,929 people which was nearly one-third of Houston's residents, 141 Senfronia Thompson Democratic 1972 Northeast Houston Bush IAH Greenspoint southern portion of Humble, 1920s Squat concrete building with large drive-through under a wing a roof for the entrance is attached to the building by angled poles. Houston Texas Business Directory 1900 63,786 71.2% Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill 1943 1944 1945 onwards. Tall thin glass tower with large rounded outset on one side and strong vertical lines. . 8 Literature Green Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka 71,558 0.80% 0, 9.1 Higher education In 2013 Allen Turner of the Houston Chronicle said that residents of Harris County were "consistently conservative in elections" and that they were according to a Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research opinion poll "surprisingly liberal on topics such as immigration gun control and equal matrimonial rights for same-sex couples". Harris is regarded as a moderate or swing county in Texas and has been a bellwether in Presidential elections voting for winners of every Presidential election from 2000 through 2012 (both Barack Obama and Texas resident George W Bush have won the county), 12.2 JFK assassination In 2010 there were 346,000 millionaires in Texas constituting the second-largest population of millionaires in the nation. . Harris County is a county located in the U.S state of Texas located in the southeastern part of the state near Galveston Bay As of the 2010 Census the population was 4,092,459 making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States Its county seat is Houston the largest city in Texas and fourth largest city in the United States the county was founded in 1836 and organized in 1837. It is named for John Richardson Harris who founded the town of Harrisburg on Buffalo Bayou in 1826. According to a July 2018 Census estimate Harris County's population had grown to 4,698,619 comprising over 16 percent of Texas's population, Another popular somewhat simpler definition defines East Texas as the region between the Trinity River north and east of Houston (or sometimes Interstate 45 when defining generously) as the western border the Louisiana border as the eastern border the Gulf of Mexico as the southern border the Oklahoma border as the northern border Arkansas as the northeastern border and extending as far south as Orange Texas the East Texas regions includes Tyler Longview Lufkin Marshall Palestine Jacksonville Mount Pleasant and Nacogdoches.

. 16 External links 10.3.1 Alcohol policy Thomas Mitchell Campbell born in Rusk Cherokee County Christian 77 14 See also During World War II the main universities like University of Texas and Texas A&M University gained a new national role the wartime financing of university research curricular change campus trainee programs and postwar veteran enrollments changed the tenor and allowed Texas schools to gain national stature. (as of 2010) Steinhagen Reservoir Heat and humidity in Houston make air conditioning important in day-to-day life. Most indoor workers spend the hottest part of the day in air conditioning After World War II air conditioning stimulated the growth of Houston called the most air-conditioned city in the world in 1950 for construction workers landscapers and others who must work outdoors there is little relief from the summer heat and humidity Industrial workers automobile mechanics and others who usually work in non-air conditioned indoor spaces often rely on large electric fans to provide some relief. See also: List of Texas railroads Firefighters on San Jacinto Street circa 1914.