Not all Texans favored secession initially although many of the same would later support the Southern cause Texas's most notable Unionist was the state Governor Sam Houston Not wanting to aggravate the situation Houston refused two offers from President Lincoln for Union troops to keep him in office After refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy Houston was deposed as governor, Northgate Forest Laporte, 2.1 Theater District Treasurer Dylan Osborne Democratic. Fort Bend Toll Road 4 Economy The new international Terminal E at George Bush Intercontinental Airport opened with 30 gates in 2003. . Former United States Senators: One Shell Plaza, Sandy Duncan Henderson Rusk County and Tyler Smith County Incorporated cities operate their own police departments. . !
. ; Wikisource has original text related to this article: Over the next ten days delegates prepared a constitution for the Republic of Texas Parts of the document were copied verbatim from the United States Constitution; other articles were paraphrased the new nation's government was structured similarly to that of the United States with a bicameral legislature a chief executive and a supreme court. In a sharp departure from its model the new constitution expressly permitted impressment of goods and forced housing for soldiers it also explicitly legalized slavery and recognized the people's right to revolt against government authority. After adopting the constitution on March 17 delegates elected interim officers to govern the country and then adjourned David G Burnet who had not been a delegate was elected president the following day Burnet announced the government was leaving for Harrisburg. Houston Texas Business Directory, The coming of the railroads in the 1880s ended the famous cattle drives and allowed ranchers to market their cattle after a short drive and farmers move their cotton to market cheaply They made Dallas and other cities the centers of commercial activity. Ft Worth became the gateway to the west via the Fort Worth and Denver Railway. However the passenger trains were often the targets of armed gangs, The Pine Curtain Eastern Orthodox 0.5 Clear Lake which gives the aforementioned community its name is a tidal lake with brackish water located on the western side of Galveston Bay Covering about 2,000 acres (810 hectares) the lake is fed by Clear Creek and inflow from the bay. Ultimately the Clear Creek watershed covers an area of 250 square miles (650 km2) encompassing seventeen tributaries. 1 Geography In June 2001 Tropical Storm Allison dumped up to 40 inches (1,000 mm) of rain on parts of Houston causing what was then the worst flooding in the city's history the storm cost billions of dollars in damage and killed 20 people in Texas by December of the same year Houston-based energy company Enron collapsed into the largest U.S bankruptcy (at that time) a result of being investigated for off-the-books partnerships which were allegedly used to hide debt and inflate profits the company lost no less than $70 billion.
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