In 1853 the first execution in Houston took place in public at Founder's Cemetery in the Fourth Ward; initially the cemetery was the execution site but post-1868 executions took place in the jail facilities. . When Mexico was again threatening Texas President Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston on June 27 1842 However the Austin residents wanted to keep the archives in their city This would be known as the Archive Wars the capital was then moved to Washington on-the-Brazos on September 29 Austin became capital again in 1845 just before Texas gained statehood.
! . Bridgeland 8.1 Major highways Largest city in Texas by year, 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. The first empresarial grant had been made under Spanish control to Moses Austin the grant was passed to his son Stephen F Austin whose settlers known as the Old Three Hundred settled along the Brazos River in 1822 the grant was later ratified by the Mexican government. Twenty-three other empresarios brought settlers to the state the majority from the United States of America, Main article: Transportation in Texas Houston Texas Business Directory. According to the U.S Census Bureau the county has a total area of 1,777 square miles (4,600 km2) of which 1,703 square miles (4,410 km2) is land and 74 square miles (190 km2) (4.2%) is covered by water. Both its total area and land area are larger than the state of Rhode Island. ! .
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