Houston Texas Business Directory, 3.1 Hurricanes and tropical storms (12.0) 60.4, Eastern FrontManhattan Project. . . . . 2 Finance Houston Texas Business Directory I-10 (TX).svg Interstate 10 a.k.a - Katy Freeway going West or Baytown East Freeway going East. . A system of toll roads operated by the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) and Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority (FBCTRA) provides additional options for regional commuters the Sam Houston Tollway which encompasses the mainlanes of Beltway 8 (as opposed to the frontage roads which are untolled) is the longest tollway in the system covering the entirety of the Beltway with the exception of a free section between Interstate 45 and Interstate 69 near George Bush Intercontinental Airport the region is serviced by four spoke tollways: a set of managed lanes on the Katy Freeway; the Hardy Toll Road which parallels Interstate 45 north of Downtown up to Spring; the Westpark Tollway which services Houston's western suburbs out to Fulshear; and Fort Bend Parkway which connects to Sienna Plantation Westpark Tollway and Fort Bend Parkway are operated conjunctly with the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority.
Hernando de Soto and Spanish conquistadors seeing the Mississippi River for the first time, See List of Highways in Harris County for more roadways in Harris County, Houston is the tenth largest television market in the United States While Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States other cities that are smaller than Houston have metropolitan region that are larger than Houston's; . The cities of Baytown Bellaire Deer Park and Pasadena have their own city-controlled libraries, Low birth weight Houston Texas Business Directory. When Mexico was again threatening Texas President Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston on June 27 1842 However the Austin residents wanted to keep the archives in their city This would be known as the Archive Wars the capital was then moved to Washington on-the-Brazos on September 29 Austin became capital again in 1845 just before Texas gained statehood; 149 Hubert Vo Democratic 2004 Far west Houston Alief unincorporated portions of Katy area east of Fry Rd Barker Reservoir Venues across Houston regularly host local and touring rock blues country dubstep and Tejano musical acts While Houston has never been widely known for its music scene Houston hip-hop has become a significant independent music scene that is influential nationwide Houston is the birthplace of the chopped and screwed remixing-technique in Hip-hop which was pioneered by DJ Screw from the city Other notable Hip-hop artists in the area include Geto Boys Chamillionaire Travis Scott & Megan Thee Stallion. . . Incorporated cities operate their own police departments On Opening Day April 9 1965 a sold-out crowd of 47,879 watched an exhibition game between the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees President Lyndon B Johnson and his wife Lady Bird were in attendance as well as Texas Governor John Connally and Houston Mayor Louie Welch Governor Connally tossed out the first ball for the first game ever played indoors Dick "Turk" Farrell of the Astros threw the first pitch Mickey Mantle had both the first hit (a single) and the first home run in the Astrodome the Astros beat the Yankees that night 2-1.
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