; Texas's second-largest air facility is Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) it served as the largest hub for the former Continental Airlines which was based in Houston; it serves as the largest hub for United Airlines the world's third-largest airline by passenger-miles flown. IAH offers service to the most Mexican destinations of any U.S airport the next five largest airports in the state all serve over 3 million passengers annually; they include Austin-Bergstrom International Airport William P Hobby Airport San Antonio International Airport Dallas Love Field and El Paso International Airport the smallest airport in the state to be designated an international airport is Del Rio International Airport, Deer Park Tourism and recreation, Winds and currents Other former governors of Texas: From 1950 through the 1960s Texas modernized and dramatically expanded its system of higher education Under the leadership of Governor Connally the state produced a long-range plan for higher education a more rational distribution of resources and a central state apparatus that managed state institutions with greater efficiency Because of these changes Texas universities received federal funds for research and development during the John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson administrations! In 1540 expeditions under Hernando de Alarcon and Melchior Diaz visited the area of Yuma and immediately saw the natural crossing of the Colorado River from Mexico to California by land as an ideal spot for a city as the Colorado River narrows to slightly under 1000 feet wide in one small point Later military expeditions that crossed the Colorado River at the Yuma Crossing include Juan Bautista de Anza (1774). . 2.8 1980s 2.2 Water bodies MD Anderson Cancer Center Public School Lunch As part of the Cotton Kingdom planters depended on slave labor in 1860 30% of the total state population of 604,215 were enslaved in the statewide election on the secession ordinance Texans voted to secede from the Union by a vote of 46,129 to 14,697 (a 76% majority) the Secession Convention immediately organized a government replacing Sam Houston when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy; ; . .
. ; Beginning in 1949 Texas was hit with a devastating drought that extended until 1957 Rainfall decreased 30 to 50 percent while temperatures rose killing crops livestock and triggering a rise of dust storms As a result the number of Texas farms and ranches declined by nearly 100,000 and Texas experienced a period of mass urbanization as the rural population moved to the city to rebuild their livelihoods the state's rural population declined from more than a third of the population to a quarter. As a result the Texas Water Development Board was created in 1957 and the state began a period of building a diverse system of water conservation plans This included increasing access to groundwater and creating lakes by damming rivers. In 2013 Texas passed legislation that requires employees of child-care facilities to have certain vaccinations unless the employee objects for reasons of conscience. Texas has allowed for parents to exempt their children from vaccines by citing medical reasons since 1972 Further Texas has allowed for parents to exempt their children from vaccines on the basis of religious belief since 2003, Movie theaters (15.8) 69.2, Demand on Texas oil increased and many people from the northeast moved to Houston to profit from the trade Pasadena has refineries and the Port of Houston is among the busiest in the world Since the 1980s oil bust the Houston area aimed to diversify its industries.
Gabriel Tremblay Health Economist