. . . 4 History The cattle industry continued to thrive though it gradually became less profitable Cotton and lumber became major industries creating new economic booms in various regions of the state Railroad networks grew rapidly as did the port at Galveston as commerce between Texas and the rest of the U.S (and the rest of the world) expanded As with some other states before the lumber industry quickly decimated the forests of Texas such that by the early 20th century the majority of the forest population in Texas was gone (later conservation efforts restored some of it but never to the level it once was), The Harris County Jail Complex of the Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the largest in Texas and one of the largest in the nation in July 2012 the facility held 9,113 prisoners to handle overcrowding in the facility the county had to ship inmates to other counties and some are housed out of the state, December 24 snowstorm shown on satellite. . Throughout East Texas black family growth and dissolution came more rapidly than in peacetime; blacks were more mobile as an adjustment to employment opportunities There was a more rapid shift to factory labor higher economic returns and a willingness of whites to tolerate the change in black economic status so long as the traditional "Jim Crow" social relations were maintained, Stephen F Austin was the first American empresario given permission to operate a colony within Mexican Texas. Government and politics Harris County ESD #8 EMS Northwest EMS .10 East Texas is home to the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame located in Carthage East Texans enjoy a range of music that is influenced by gospel bluegrass blues rock country soul rhthym and blues Cajun etc Texas blues originated in East Texas with many legends having been born in the region including Lightnin' Hopkins and T-Bone Walker East Texans enjoy live music at many of the region's fairs and festivals including the Texas Rose Festival in Tyler the East Texas Yamboree in Gilmer and Longview's Great Texas Balloon Race East Texas also has many venues included in what is commonly referred to as the Texas country music circuit although the majority of such venues are located in Central/South/West Texas and the metropolitan areas of the state.
. . . Harris County ESD #17 Fire Little York VFD 1% .10. Harris County ESD #15 Fire Tomball FD 1% .05, Deep East Texas is a sub-region of East Texas According to the Deep East Texas Council of Governments the region consists of the following twelve counties: Angelina Houston Jasper Nacogdoches Newton Polk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto Shelby Trinity and Tyler. 2 Surface water South Houston Hufsmith Other race 0.4% 10.6% 11.7% 10.5%, Houston is considered to be a politically divided city whose balance of power often sways between Republicans and Democrats Much of the city's wealthier areas vote Republican while the city's working class and minority areas vote Democratic According to the 2005 Houston Area Survey 68 percent of non-Hispanic whites in Harris County are declared or favor Republicans while 89 percent of non-Hispanic blacks in the area are declared or favor Democrats About 62 percent of Hispanics (of any race) in the area are declared or favor Democrats the city has often been known to be the most politically diverse city in Texas a state known for being generally conservative. As a result the city is often a contested area in statewide elections in 2009 Houston became the first U.S city with a population over 1 million citizens to elect a gay mayor by electing Annise Parker. . 3.3 2000 Census El Paso founded by Spanish settlers in 1659 2 Early Spanish exploration, February 12 1960: 4.4 inches (11 cm) of snow.
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