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Main article: History of Texas 2.9 1990s Plain unadorned granite structure with minimal features Only an entrance is visible. Media Houston Texas Business Directory 1 History 6.3 Energy The Southwest Freeway near Downtown Houston lies under water due to flooding from Tropical Storm Allison. 7 Disease in the Americas Nassau Bay Military (-13) 17 Fall Creek. .

The English pronunciation with /ks/ is unetymological and based in the value of the letter x in historical Spanish orthography Alternative etymologies of the name advanced in the late 19th century connected the Spanish teja "rooftile" the plural tejas being used to designate indigenous Pueblo settlements a 1760s map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin shows a village named Teijas on Trinity River close to the site of modern Crockett. Southeast Texas includes part of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and most of the Texas portion of the Intracoastal Waterway the area is also crossed by numerous rivers and streams the largest three being the Sabine River the Neches River and the Trinity River in Southeast Texas and the rest of the South small rivers and creeks collect into swamps called "bayous" and merge with the surrounding forest the only large bodies of water in Southeast Texas are Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake but the large reservoirs of East Texas are just to the North the southeastern portion of Texas also is geographically and culturally attached to Southwest Louisiana. Three community college districts have campuses in and around Houston the Houston Community College System (HCC) serves most of Houston proper; its main campus and headquarters are located in Midtown Suburban northern and western parts of the metropolitan area are served by various campuses of the Lone Star College System while the southeastern portion of Houston is served by San Jacinto College and a northeastern portion is served by Lee College the Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are among the 10 largest institutions of higher learning in the United States; ; . ! Ever since the discovery of oil at Spindletop energy has been a dominant force politically and economically within the state. If Texas were its own country it would be the sixth largest oil producer in the world, The new international Terminal E at George Bush Intercontinental Airport opened with 30 gates in 2003.