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. District 36 Brian Babin Republican 2014 Clear Lake City NASA Johnson Space Center southern and central Pasadena Deer Park Baytown Crosby La Porte eastern Sheldon Dayton Seabrook Morgan's Point Shore Acres El Lago Nassau Bay Taylor Lake Village, In the 16th century perhaps 240,000 Europeans entered American ports. By the late 16th century gold and silver imports from America provided one-fifth of Spain's total budget. Spanish Empire A variety of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches can be found in Houston Immigrants from Eastern Europe the Middle East Ethiopia India and other areas have added to Houston's Eastern and Oriental Orthodox population As of 2011 in the entire State of Texas there were 32,000 people who actively attend Orthodox churches in 2013 Father John Whiteford the pastor of St Jonah Orthodox Church near Spring stated that there were about 6,000-9,000 Eastern Orthodox Christians in Houston.
In the northern part of East Texas awareness of the native and historical Caddo Mississippian culture remains significant Cherokee County is home to the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site Patrons can also view the "Caddo Indian Collection" at the Gregg County Historical Museum in Longview in the mid-19th century East Texas cities such as Marshall and Jefferson constituted a sphere of influence that led the entire state into the Confederacy and during the Mexican and Republic periods Nacogdoches and San Augustine were the most developed and influential cities in East Texas, Harris County ESD #8 EMS Northwest EMS .10, Francisco de Villagra. The region also contains Sam Houston State University in Huntsville and Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches which help contribute millions of dollars into the Deep East Texas economy Texas A&M University-Texarkana University of Texas at Tyler LeTourneau University and East Texas Baptist University are a few of the smaller universities in East Texas Texas A&M University-Commerce is right outside East Texas and is formerly known as East Texas State University while A&M-Texarkana was a branch campus of ETSU. . 149 Hubert Vo Democratic 2004 Far west Houston Alief unincorporated portions of Katy area east of Fry Rd Barker Reservoir, In 1900 Texas suffered the deadliest natural disaster in U.S history during the Galveston hurricane on January 10 1901 the first major oil well in Texas Spindletop was found south of Beaumont Other fields were later discovered nearby in East Texas West Texas and under the Gulf of Mexico the resulting "oil boom" transformed Texas. Oil production eventually averaged three million barrels per day at its peak in 1972, Ninfa's a new style Tex-Mex restaurant.
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