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After Texas was readmitted to the Union on April 16 1870 Houston continued its growth Houston became a port of entry on July 16 1870 Its new charter drew up eight wards Many freed slaves opened businesses and worked under contracts the Freedmen's Bureau stopped abuse of the contracts in 1870 Many African Americans at the time were in unskilled labor Many former slaves legalized their marriages after the American Civil War White legislators insisted on segregated schools After white Democrats regained power in the state legislature in the late 1870s they began to pass laws to make voter registration more complicated with the effect of disfranchising African Americans the elections of 1876 were accompanied in many southern states with fraud and violence to suppress black voting As white Democrats secured their power they passed Jim Crow laws to establish and enforce legal segregation across the state. . . Pop One of Houston's most recent downtown landmarks is Discovery Green a large public park designed by Page Southerland Page with Hargreaves Associates, Paul Knight of the Houston Press in a 2009 article said "some say natural gas has surpassed crude as king in East Texas.", Harris County ESD #25 Fire Westfield FD .10 Astrodome Indoor City Park. US 90.svg U.S Highway 90 a.k.a - Crosby Freeway, Soldiers of the British Commonwealth forces from the Australian Army's 9th Division during the Siege of Tobruk; North African Campaign August 1941, During his absence Santa Anna had been deposed Upon his arrival the Mexican press wasted no time in attacking him for his cruelty towards those prisoners executed at Goliad in May 1837 Santa Anna requested an inquiry into the event the judge determined the inquiry was only for fact-finding and took no action; press attacks in both Mexico and the United States continued. Santa Anna was disgraced until the following year when he became a hero of the Pastry War.

. 16.7 Pre-1865 1 Seasonal observation Sister cities Jacinto City East Texas also contains numerous golf courses and avid golfers as well as NASCAR fans However the region does not host professional events in either of those sports the nearest NASCAR track to East Texas is Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. 4 Spanish exploration See also: Architecture of Houston, 145 Carol Alvarado Democratic 2008 Inner southeastern portions of Houston (mainly east of I-45) South Houston (not part of the city of Houston). (34) 97 Political history 2006 earthquake, Samuel B Maxey settled in and practiced law in Paris Lamar County 4.6 Earlier 20th century. . Prelude A birth is considered preterm when it takes place more than 3 weeks before the estimated due date. Preterm birth rates in Texas are consistently higher than the nationwide rate in 2016 10.4% of live births in Texas were preterm the rate for Black mothers specifically was elevated - 13.6%. Numerous factors have been associated with premature birth including lack of prenatal care race obesity smoking and even air pollution. By the end of the day on March 16 the bulk of Urrea's forces began marching to Goliad to corner Fannin. Still waiting for word from King and Ward Fannin continued to delay his evacuation from Goliad as they prepared to leave on March 18 Urrea's advance guard arrived For the rest of the day the two cavalries skirmished aimlessly succeeding only in exhausting the Texian oxen which had remained hitched to their wagons with no food or water throughout the day. The same year Mexico enacted the General Colonization Law which enabled all heads of household regardless of race or immigrant status to claim land in Mexico. Mexico had neither manpower nor funds to protect settlers from near-constant Comanche raids and it hoped that getting more settlers into the area could control the raids the government liberalized its immigration policies allowing for settlers from the United States to immigrate to Texas.