Asian Civilisations Museum

Pearland (mostly in Brazoria County and a small part in Fort Bend County) The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a relatively new addition to the Theatre District it was designed by architect Robert A M Stern and completed in 2002 providing two theaters specifically for theater and musical performances. Sarofim Hall a 2,600-seat theater acoustically designed for touring Broadway productions is home to "Theatre Under the Stars." Zilkha Hall an intimate 500-seat venue with full orchestra pit showcases smaller touring groups! . . Impact 135 Jon Rosenthal Democratic 2018 Jersey Village and southeastern segments of the Champions/FM 1960 area, Houston has a lively music scene and while it can claim no broad genre as its own it has been fertile ground for the development of niche styles in American blues and Latin music --- a tradition that continues today with a uniquely distinctive regional style emerging in Houston's rap music community, On November 22 1963 President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. . Houston first started shipping cotton lumber and other manufacturing products Alexander McGowen established the iron industry and Tom Whitmarsh built a cotton warehouse a fire ravaged Houston on March 10 1859 but the city rebuilt itself soon after.[citation needed]. The area has had a number of severe weather events such as:, The 1200 Jail the headquarters of the Harris County Sheriff's Office Texas has 730 airports second-most of any state in the nation Largest in Texas by size and passengers served Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is the second-largest by area in the United States and fourth in the world with 18,076 acres (73.15 km2) in traffic DFW airport is the busiest in the state the fourth busiest in the United States and sixth worldwide. American Airlines Group's American / American Eagle the world's largest airline in total passengers-miles transported and passenger fleet size uses DFW as its largest and main hub it ranks as the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically per year and the largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried.Southwest Airlines headquartered in Dallas has its operations at Dallas Love Field; .

. German advance into Belgium and Northern France 10 May-4 June 1940 swept past the Maginot Line (shown in dark red) Houston Texas Business Directory. 4.8 Allies close in (1944) 6 Impact 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, In recent years the region has become home to many patent-holding companies due to its legal system being particularly friendly to patent holders and hostile to out-of-state tech defendants! . . . Main article: History of Texas The largest denominations by number of adherents in 2010 were the Roman Catholic Church (4,673,500); the Southern Baptist Convention (3,721,318); the United Methodist Church with (1,035,168); and Islam (421,972), 38 Cameron International 375 8 Notes This area holds the annual South Texas State Fair in Beaumont. .