Revival Landscape And Design

10 Financing and governance Away from the coast the terrain begins to exhibit the rolling hills of East and Central Texas Toward Central Texas the mixed pine and hardwood forests give way to the East Central Texas forests of post oak and grasslands; . .

. . . Three community college districts have campuses in and around Houston the Houston Community College System (HCC) serves most of Houston proper; its main campus and headquarters are located in Midtown Suburban northern and western parts of the metropolitan area are served by various campuses of the Lone Star College System while the southeastern portion of Houston is served by San Jacinto College and a northeastern portion is served by Lee College the Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are among the 10 largest institutions of higher learning in the United States, Brutus oil spill, In 2001 U2 filmed the music video for "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" inside the Astrodome. Mexican retreat and surrender In August 2017 Houston experienced record flooding as a result of Hurricane Harvey the damages due to flash flooding are estimated at or above $50 billion making it one of the worst and costliest natural disasters in the United States Relief efforts are currently underway and are expected to last for years to come. Commissioner Precinct 1 Rodney Ellis Democratic, In total 34.2% (7,660,406) of Texas's population aged five and older spoke a language at home other than English, The Museum of Fine Arts 9.4 Democrats regain control after Reconstruction. Astronaut training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston 4.3 Texas Convention of 1836 Within Mexico tensions continued between federalists and centralists in early 1835 wary Texians formed Committees of Correspondence and Safety the unrest erupted into armed conflict in late 1835 at the Battle of Gonzales. This launched the Texas Revolution and over the next two months the Texians defeated all Mexican troops in the region. Texians elected delegates to the Consultation which created a provisional government the provisional government soon collapsed from infighting and Texas was without clear governance for the first two months of 1836.