Mexico launched two small expeditions into Texas in 1842 the town of San Antonio was captured twice and Texans were defeated in battle in the Dawson massacre Despite these successes Mexico did not keep an occupying force in Texas and the republic survived the republic's inability to defend itself added momentum to Texas's eventual annexation into the United States; . Ruins of Warsaw in January 1945 after the deliberate destruction of the city by the occupying German forces The Gulf Building now called the JPMorgan Chase building is an Art Deco skyscraper Completed in 1929 it remained the tallest building in Houston until 1963 when the Exxon Building surpassed it in height Designed by architects Alfred C Finn (designer of the San Jacinto Monument) Kenneth Franzheim and J.E.R Carpenter the building is seen as a realization of Eliel Saarinen's acclaimed second-place entry to the Chicago Tribune Tower competition Restoration of the building was started in 1989 in what is still considered one of the largest privately funded preservation projects in American history. 10.1 Healthcare Senate Class 1 Ted Cruz Republican 2012 Junior Senator, Huntsville (38,548) (Huntsville Walker County Texas is not of the above 41 listed counties of East Texas.). 46 Spectra Energy 441 Flag Great Seal Monuments Motto Anthem Bird World Heritage Sites In 1999 the Houston-based Enron Corporation began construction of a 40-floor skyscraper Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates and Kendall/Heaton Associates and completed in 2002 the building was originally known as the Enron Center the company collapsed in a well-publicized manner in 2001 and the building became officially known by its address 1500 Louisiana Street. .
On August 31 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina the Harris County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the State of Louisiana came to an agreement to allow at least 25,000 evacuees from New Orleans especially those that were sheltered in the Louisiana Superdome to move to the Astrodome until they could return home the evacuation began on September 1 2005 All scheduled events for the final four months of 2005 at the Astrodome were cancelled. Overflow refugees were held in the surrounding Reliant Park complex There was a full field hospital inside the Reliant Arena which cared for the entire Katrina evacuee community. . . 1880 1,591,749 94.5% Main article: Battle of the Alamo As of the general elections of 2014 a large majority of the members of Texas's U.S House delegation are Republican along with both U.S Senators in the 114th United States Congress of the 36 Congressional districts in Texas 24 are held by Republicans and 11 by Democrats One seat is vacant Texas's Senators are John Cornyn and Ted Cruz Since 1994 Texans have not elected a Democrat to a statewide office the state's Democratic voters are made up primarily by liberal and minority groups in Austin Beaumont Dallas El Paso Houston and San Antonio as well as minority voters in East and South Texas, School Trustee At-Large Pos 5 Michael Wolfe Republican Houston Texas Business Directory 9 Citations Another popular somewhat simpler definition defines East Texas as the region between the Trinity River north and east of Houston (or sometimes Interstate 45 when defining generously) as the western border the Louisiana border as the eastern border the Gulf of Mexico as the southern border the Oklahoma border as the northern border Arkansas as the northeastern border and extending as far south as Orange Texas the East Texas regions includes Tyler Longview Lufkin Marshall Palestine Jacksonville Mount Pleasant and Nacogdoches; 3.2 Birth of the Spanish Kingdom 10.5 Infant health, Conquistadors had overwhelming military advantages over the native peoples They belonged to a more militarily advanced civilization with better techniques tools firearms artillery iron steel and domesticated animals Horses and mules carried them pigs fed them and dogs fought for them the indigenous peoples had the advantage of established settlements determination to remain independent and large numerical superiority European diseases and divide and conquer tactics contributed to the defeat of the native populations. 3.1 Storms In 2008 KBR announced that it will open a new office facility in an unincorporated area in western Harris County in December KBR said that it would not continue with the plans due to a weakened economy in January 2009 KBR announced that it will not open the new office facility.
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