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. Skyline in 1971 after completion of One Shell Plaza, Extreme weather Nicolas de La Fora's 1771 map of the northern frontier of New Spain clearly shows the Provincia de los Tejas. Diplomatic missions Tropical Storm Erin made landfall in August 2007 with heavy rainfall a total of 9 inches (230 mm) of rain fell elsewhere than George Bush Intercontinental Airport on August 16 and many roads and neighborhoods were flooded Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Texas halted its light rail and bus services in view of the effects Four deaths in the city were attributed to the storm the Houston Fire Department reported 72 rescue operations. Lindsey Nelson an announcer for the visiting New York Mets broadcast a game on April 28 1965 while perched in a gondola suspended from the roof above second base. In the 18th century there appears to have been some sort of war in the western part of the state whereas most of the tribes of Texas divided along a line the Coahuiltecans at some point would have migrated south to merge with their sister tribes in the 18th century the Creek Confederacy formed on the east coast forcing several smaller Muskogean peoples out of the state They may have migrated to Texas & Mexico where they were absorbed into other tribes the Choctaw also split and one of their four subtribes the Houma came to reside in the eastern region the state before returning to Louisiana! (8.4) 53.6 Main article: Texas state highways, The Gulf Coastal Plains region wraps around the Gulf of Mexico on the southeast section of the state Vegetation in this region consists of thick piney woods the Interior Lowlands region consists of gently rolling to hilly forested land and is part of a larger pine-hardwood forest. While Texas had won its independence political battles raged between two factions of the new Republic the nationalist faction led by Mirabeau B Lamar advocated the continued independence of Texas the expulsion of the Native Americans and the expansion of the Republic to the Pacific Ocean Their opponents led by Sam Houston advocated the annexation of Texas to the United States and peaceful co-existence with Native Americans the conflict between the factions was typified by an incident known as the Texas Archive War.

Arts and literature Chinese civilians being buried alive by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Nanking Massacre December 1937! The Great Plains region in central Texas spans through the state's panhandle and Llano Estacado to the state's hill country near Austin This region is dominated by prairie and steppe "Far West Texas" or the "Trans-Pecos" region is the state's Basin and Range Province the most varied of the regions this area includes Sand Hills the Stockton Plateau desert valleys wooded mountain slopes and desert grasslands. Houston has had a troubled past with pollution of many types This is due to the fact that Houston has been the home for the oil and gas industry since its inception in the early 1900s when there was little environmental regulation Harris County where the bulk of the city has been historically located is home to 15 Environmental Protection Agency Superfund sites more than any other area in Texas the list contains numerous companies streets and waterways that have been considered hazardous to humans in various ways! Houston's murder rate ranked 46th of U.S cities with a population over 250,000 in 2005 (per capita rate of 16.3 murders per 100,000 population) in 2010 the city's murder rate (per capita rate of 11.8 murders per 100,000 population) was ranked sixth among U.S cities with a population of over 750,000 (behind New York City Chicago Detroit Dallas and Philadelphia) according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).