Real estate and corporate location (31.7) 80.8. 9.3 Reconstruction In 1837 the Racer's Storm passed just to the south of the town raising water levels four feet the Great Hurricane of 1900 destroyed the nearby (and then much bigger) city of Galveston which is situated on a barrier island 50 mi (80 km) southeast of downtown Houston That hurricane weakened to a tropical storm by the time it reached Houston the periphery of Hurricane Carla hit the city in 1961 causing major damage to Houston At the time of landfall Carla was the most powerful tropical system to hit the Texas coast in over 40 years in 1983 the city was struck squarely by Hurricane Alicia causing $1 billion of damage to the city during a down period in the city's economy. . Houston Texas Business Directory See also: List of invasive marine fish in the Gulf of Mexico. A group of men are gathered under a large tree One man lays on the ground under the trees with his bare foot exposed, 17 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 Meyerland Bellaire West University Place much of Greater Katy area far west Houston Barker Reservoir, 2011 estimate Later when Spain established a route to the Indies from the west Portugal arranged a second treaty the Treaty of Zaragoza.
. 6.2 Agriculture and mining San Antonio 1 Houston Harris 2,303,482 Dallas Much of Houston's success as a petrochemical complex is due to its busy man-made ship channel the Port of Houston the port ranks first in the country in international commerce and is the sixth-largest port in the world Amid other U.S ports it is the busiest in foreign tonnage and second in overall tonnage Because of these economic trades many residents have moved to Houston from other U.S states as well as hundreds of countries worldwide. West University Place 2000 1,953,631 19.8% The University of Texas at El Paso.
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