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; ; Spanish Empire Evel Knievel jumped 13 cars two nights in a row drawing over 100,000 spectators to the Astrodome in January 1971 and though there was talk of him making an actual jump over the stadium itself sometime in the future it never happened. After the failed bond election of 2013 the county went back to the drawing board and in August 2014 the County Commissioners Court announced a new plan to save and rejuvenate the Astrodome the new concept centered around leaving the Dome's roof intact and converting the Astrodome's vast central space into a covered semi-climate-controlled city park that could have flexible uses for both public recreation and gatherings such as festivals and concerts the remainder of the complex would have been redeveloped over time using a combination of public and private funds and include elements such as an educational exploration area to encourage students to learn about the sciences and engineering and possibly meeting exhibition and restaurant areas that would not only serve the general public but could also add value to the Houston Texans' Game Day Experiences and be used by the Rodeo a key element of this proposal centered around the ability for the county to proceed with the initial phases of the project using existing funds without having to seek voter approval for an expensive bond referendum. However this plan failed as well. ; . German advance into Belgium and Northern France 10 May-4 June 1940 swept past the Maginot Line (shown in dark red), 127 Dan Huberty Republican 2010 Humble Kingwood Lake Houston Atascocita Crosby Wallisville The state's two most widely recognized flagship universities are the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University ranked as the 52nd and 69th best universities in the nation according to the 2014 edition of U.S News & World Report's "Best Colleges" respectively Some observers also include the University of Houston and Texas Tech University as tier one flagships alongside UT Austin and A&M the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) ranks the state's public universities into three distinct tiers:.

. 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, Dyersdale The San Jacinto Monument is a memorial to the men who died during the Texas Revolution; . The Alamo Mission painted 10 years after the battle German advance into Belgium and Northern France 10 May-4 June 1940 swept past the Maginot Line (shown in dark red). The Gulf Building now called the JPMorgan Chase building is an Art Deco skyscraper Completed in 1929 it remained the tallest building in Houston until 1963 when the Exxon Building surpassed it in height Designed by architects Alfred C Finn (designer of the San Jacinto Monument) Kenneth Franzheim and J.E.R Carpenter the building is seen as a realization of Eliel Saarinen's acclaimed second-place entry to the Chicago Tribune Tower competition Restoration of the building was started in 1989 in what is still considered one of the largest privately funded preservation projects in American history. . (29) 106 The Spanish introduced European livestock including cattle horses and mules to Texas as early as the 1690s. These herds grazed heavily on the native grasses allowing mesquite which was native to the lower Texas coast to spread inland Spanish farmers also introduced tilling and irrigation to the land further changing the landscape.