In early 1917 the War Department ordered two military installations to be built in Harris County: Camp Logan and Ellington Field the Army deployed a battalion of the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment to guard the construction site at Camp Logan Racial tension in the city rose as the black soldiers received hostile treatment in the racially segregated city Tensions flared into a full-blown riot in August 1917; the Camp Logan Riot resulted in the deaths of 15 whites (including 4 policemen) and 4 black soldiers and scores of additional injuries, Jersey Village One Shell Plaza, Squat concrete building with large drive-through under a wing a roof for the entrance is attached to the building by angled poles. Rice University located near the Museum District and Texas Medical Center is a private tier-one research university and the most selective institution of higher education in Texas 1800s 5 Awards and recognitions. . 4.5 State government Golden Triangle With its capacity for aggressive action greatly diminished as a result of the Midway battle Japan chose to focus on a belated attempt to capture Port Moresby by an overland campaign in the Territory of Papua the Americans planned a counter-attack against Japanese positions in the southern Solomon Islands primarily Guadalcanal as a first step towards capturing Rabaul the main Japanese base in Southeast Asia. . Further information: Pre-Columbian Mexico, Bronze equestrian statue of Francisco Pizarro in Lima Peru, Texans have historically had difficulties traversing Texas due to the state's large size and rough terrain Texas has compensated by building both America's largest highway and railway systems in length the regulatory authority the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) maintains the state's immense highway system regulates aviation and public transportation systems. .
Main article: Second Italo-Ethiopian War While American football has long been considered "king" in the state Texans enjoy a wide variety of sports. ; Establishment of Spanish colony 1.3 Galveston Bay Due to the industrial infrastructure in and around Houston natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey have also led to numerous toxic spills and disasters including the 2017 Arkema plant explosion. Houston has the fifth-tallest skyline in North America (after New York City Chicago Toronto and Miami) and 36th-tallest in the world in 2015 a seven-mile (11 km) system of tunnels and skywalks links Downtown buildings containing shops and restaurants enabling pedestrians to avoid summer heat and rain while walking between buildings; Since early 1941 the United States and Japan had been engaged in negotiations in an attempt to improve their strained relations and end the war in China During these negotiations Japan advanced a number of proposals which were dismissed by the Americans as inadequate. At the same time the United States the United Kingdom and the Netherlands engaged in secret discussions for the joint defence of their territories in the event of a Japanese attack against any of them. Roosevelt reinforced the Philippines (an American protectorate scheduled for independence in 1946) and warned Japan that the United States would react to Japanese attacks against any "neighboring countries", 17 External links (21.6) 78.0 METRO's local bus network services approximately 275,000 riders daily with a fleet of over 1,200 buses the agency's 75 local routes contain nearly 8,900 stops and saw nearly 67 million boardings during the 2016 fiscal year a park and ride system provides commuter bus service from 34 transit centers scattered throughout the region's suburban areas; these express buses operate independently of the local bus network and utilize the region's extensive system of HOV lanes. Downtown and the Texas Medical Center have the highest rates of transit use in the region largely due to the park and ride system with nearly 60% of commuters in each district utilizing public transit to get to work.
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