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. German Irish and English Americans are the three largest European ancestry groups in Texas German Americans make up 11.3 percent of the population and number over 2.7 million members Irish Americans make up 8.2 percent of the population and number over 1.9 million members There are roughly 600,000 French Americans and 472,000 Italian Americans residing in Texas; these two ethnic groups make up 2.5 percent and 2.0 percent of the population respectively in the 1980 United States Census the largest ancestry group reported in Texas was English with 3,083,323 Texans citing they were of English or mostly English ancestry making them 27 percent of the state at the time. Their ancestry primarily goes back to the original thirteen colonies (the census of 1790 gives 48% of the population of English ancestry; together 12% Scots and Scots-Irish; 4.5% Irish South 90% were Protestant and 3% Welsh = 67.5% British; 13% were German Swiss Dutch and French Huguenots; 19% African-American Colin Bonwick the American Revolution 1991 p 254) and thus many of them today identify as "American" in ancestry though they are of predominantly British stock. There are nearly 200,000 Czech-Americans living in Texas the largest number of any state! Tejano Automobiles of all kinds have had enormous influence on Houston culture largely a result of the urban sprawl and sparse public transportation that has followed the dismantling of the city's former trolley system Many of the Houston's business districts such as Uptown and Greenspoint began their development as edge cities Furthermore many notable neighborhoods began as streetcar suburbs including the Heights and Sharpstown, The Brazos River straddles some of Houston's extreme western and southwestern suburbs particularly Sugar Land and Rosenberg. The vague unrest erupted into armed conflict on October 2 1835 at the Battle of Gonzales when Texans repelled a Mexican attempt to retake a small cannon. This launched the Texas Revolution and over the next three months the Texian Army successfully defeated all Mexican troops in the region, In popular culture, Tropical Storm Allison devastated many neighborhoods as well as interrupted all services within the Texas medical center for several months with flooding in June 2001 at least 17 people were killed around the Houston area when the rainfall from Allison that fell on June 8 and 9 caused the city's bayous to rise over their banks. .

Houston first started shipping cotton lumber and other manufacturing products Alexander McGowen established the iron industry and Tom Whitmarsh built a cotton warehouse a fire ravaged Houston on March 10 1859 but the city rebuilt itself soon after.[citation needed], Sam Houston Tourist attractions in the Houston area include Space Center Houston and the original La Casida and Ninfa's Previous attractions included tours of the Houston Astrodome and Gilley's the Houston Bay Area and Galveston also have many other tourist attractions including a Schlitterbahn Water Park Kemah Boardwalk Moody Gardens beaches fishing pleasure boats and many local seafood restaurants the Houston Museum District Houston Theater District in Downtown and the Galleria are also heavily visited tourist attractions.[citation needed], Houston has also seen recent improvements to the city's waterways the banks of Buffalo Bayou have been cleaned of garbage and have been turned into jogging trails and parks Since the mid-1990s Houston has seen a great increase in wildlife along the bayou due to many successful cleaning attempts the Port of Houston has not seen any major cleaning attempts. Historical population District Attorney Kim Ogg Democratic, Houston Texas Business Directory, Media On September 10 2006 the U.S Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center reported that a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred about 250 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Anna Maria Florida around 10:56 AM EDT the quake was reportedly felt from Louisiana to Florida in the Southeastern United States There were no reports of damage or injuries. Items were knocked from shelves and seiches were observed in swimming pools in parts of Florida the earthquake was described by the USGS as an intraplate earthquake the largest and most widely felt recorded in the past three decades in the region. According to the September 11 2006 issue of the Tampa Tribune earthquake tremors were last felt in Florida in 1952 recorded in Quincy 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Tallahassee. Houston Texas Business Directory John Henninger Reagan practiced law in Palestine and Henderson County Much of Texas politics of the remainder of the 19th century centered on land use Guided by the federal Morill Act Texas sold public lands to gain funds to invest in higher education in 1876 the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opened and seven years later the University of Texas at Austin began conducting classes! . 4.6 Motorsports Economic and demographic change By topic, This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (July 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message); In the late 1990s and early 2000s decade there was a mini-boom of mid-rise and high-rise residential tower construction with several over 30 stories tall. Since 2000 more than 30 high-rise buildings have gone up in Houston; all told 72 high-rises tower over the city which adds up to about 8,300 units.