The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant were built as part of the WWII buildup Hundreds of thousands of American (and some allied) soldiers sailors and airmen trained in the state All sectors of the economy boomed as the homefront prospered. . . 11.2 Transit Texas has 730 airports second-most of any state in the nation Largest in Texas by size and passengers served Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is the second-largest by area in the United States and fourth in the world with 18,076 acres (73.15 km2) in traffic DFW airport is the busiest in the state the fourth busiest in the United States and sixth worldwide. American Airlines Group's American / American Eagle the world's largest airline in total passengers-miles transported and passenger fleet size uses DFW as its largest and main hub it ranks as the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically per year and the largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried.Southwest Airlines headquartered in Dallas has its operations at Dallas Love Field, Houston Texas Business Directory Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board USS Missouri 2 September 1945; Design and construction Ezekiel W Cullen Building at the University of Houston Top publicly traded companies The Houston Ship Channel connecting the Port of Houston to the Gulf passes through Galveston Bay Houston is the largest city on the bay while smaller ones include Galveston Pasadena Baytown and Texas City the bay provides nursery and spawning grounds for large amounts of marine life and is important for both commercial and recreational fishing. . Texas racial breakdown of population Houston Heights World War II Memorial Further information: List of colleges and universities in Texas.
In 2006 the Houston metropolitan area ranked first in Texas and third in the U.S within the category of "Best Places for Business and Careers" by Forbes magazine. Ninety-one foreign governments have established consular offices in Houston's metropolitan area the third-highest in the nation. Forty foreign governments maintain trade and commercial offices here with 23 active foreign chambers of commerce and trade associations. Twenty-five foreign banks representing 13 nations operate in Houston providing financial assistance to the international community. Goliad Campaign 2015 Texas Population Estimate Program, 39 EOG Resources 377 Ralph Yarborough born in Chandler Henderson County In the 1620s and 1630s the Dutch West India Company established many trade posts or colonies the Spanish silver fleet which carried silver from Spanish colonies to Spain were seized by Piet Heyn in 1628 in 1629 Suriname and Guyana were established.[clarification needed] in 1630 the West India Company conquered part of Brazil and the colony of New Holland (capital Mauritsstad present-day Recife) was founded. The University of Houston located in the Third Ward is a tier-one public research university and the third-largest institution of higher education in Texas, Further information: Pre-Columbian Mexico. Many East Texans have a mixture of European and Native American ancestry notably country and folk singer Miranda Lambert. .
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