Main article: Battle of Gonzales 10 Healthcare The diversion of three quarters of the Axis troops and the majority of their air forces from France and the central Mediterranean to the Eastern Front prompted the United Kingdom to reconsider its grand strategy in July the UK and the Soviet Union formed a military alliance against Germany the British and Soviets invaded neutral Iran to secure the Persian Corridor and Iran's oil fields in August the United Kingdom and the United States jointly issued the Atlantic Charter, As of the colonial period Texas was largely divided between 6 culture groups the Caddoan peoples occupied the area surrounding the entire length of the Red River Upon contact with Europeans they formed four collective confederacies known as the Natchitoches the Hasinai the Wichita & the Kadohadocho (Caddo) All four of them held some land in what is now Texas. Along the Gulf Coast region were the Atakapa tribes with at least one Coahuiltecan tribe (a culture group primarily from Northeast Mexico) a little further west on the Rio Grande Largely between the Rio Grande & Peco River were the Puebloan peoples part of an extensive civilization of tribes that lived in what are now the states of Texas New Mexico Colorado & Utah While the northern-most groups faced a cultural collapse due to a drought many of the southern tribes survive to the present North of the Pueblos were the Apachean tribes Although commonly referred to as one single nation they are actually a culture group. North of the Apacheans in the Northern Panhandle region were the Comanches. Republican John Kasich[a] Carly Fiorina[a] 0 0.0% 1 The Museum District's cultural institutions and exhibits attract more than 7 million visitors a year. Notable facilities include the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Museum of Natural Science the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston the Station Museum of Contemporary Art Holocaust Museum Houston and the Houston Zoo. . As Houston and the rest of the country recovered from the Great Depression art-deco style theaters of the late 1930s were built in many residential neighborhoods across the city in addition to the River Oaks neighborhood movie theaters like the Alabama Tower Capitan and Ritz-Majestic Metro were several of the venues where Houstonians sought entertainment the Alabama serves as a prime example of adaptive reuse the repurposing of architecture considered obsolete in terms of modern usage Opening as a Bookstop bookstore in 1984 after the original theater closed the building was later converted into Houston's first Trader Joe's specialty grocery store in 2012 the grocer took pains to preserve much of the building's original architectural splendor including its original terrazzo-tile front entrance as well as its second-floor balcony. David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport a general aviation airport is located outside of the Tomball city limits in unincorporated northwest Harris County. Closure Culture of the United States of America Harris County Annex M has the headquarters of the Harris County Transit agency.
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