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Houston is a member of the World Energy Cities Partnership a collaboration between 13 energy focused cities around the world. The new state grew rapidly as migrants poured into the fertile cotton lands of east Texas. With their investments in cotton lands and slaves Texas planters established cotton plantations in the eastern districts the central area of the state was developed more by subsistence farmers who seldom owned slaves, 7.2 Pop Landmarks and monuments Houston's topography is further defined by a large number of creeks and ditches Overall this intricate system of waterways is essential to flood control; Houston is well known as one of the most flood-prone cities in the United States. Since the mid-20th century the United States Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the city and Harris County Flood Control District has channelized paved widened and deepened extensive sections of all of the five major bayous specified above with the notable exception of some parts of the Buffalo near Memorial the Buffalo Bayou watershed also features two flood control reservoirs Addicks Reservoir and Barker Reservoir which retain large amounts of water after extreme rainfall events. According to US Census records from 2010 the population of East Texas counties is 65.93% White non-Hispanic 17.44% African American 14.29% Hispanic or Latino origin and 2.34% Other (including Native American and Asian) East Texas' most ethnically and racially diverse county is Jefferson County East Texas' largest county which includes the city of Beaumont with 44.1% White non-Hispanic 34.1% African American 17.7% Hispanic or Latino origin and 4.1% other (including Native American and Asian) Unlike Texas' total state racial demographics only two counties in East Texas have a majority minority Jefferson County in the Golden Triangle and Titus County having a 40.6% Hispanic or Latino origin population East Texas and Southeast Texas have a significant African-American population ranging to nearly 20% in some counties. 10.2.2 Obesity treatment During the 20th century national historiographical trends influenced the scholarship on the Civil War in Texas Beginning in the 1950s historians focused on military campaigns in Texas and other areas of the Southwest a region previously neglected Since the 1970s scholars have shifted their attention to South Texas exploring how its relations with Mexico and Mexican Americans affected both Confederate and Union Civil War military operations Also since the 1970s the "New Social History" has stimulated research in war-related social economic and political changes This historiographical trend is related to a growing interest in local and regional history. Main article: Technology during World War II 5 See also (25.8) The city's major sports teams were using outdated stadiums and threatened to leave Eventually the Houston Oilers did so after several threats the city built Enron Field now Minute Maid Park for the Houston Astros Reliant Stadium now NRG Stadium was erected for the NFL expansion team Houston Texans.[citation needed]. . . Houston's bicycle sharing system started service with nineteen stations in May 2012 Houston Bcycle (also known as B-Cycle) a local non-profit runs the subscription program supplying bicycles and docking stations while partnering with other companies to maintain the system the network expanded to 29 stations and 225 bicycles in 2014 registering over 43,000 checkouts of equipment during the first half of the same year in 2017 Bcycle logged over 142,000 check outs while expanding to 56 docking stations.

1990s Map of the Colorado & Southern Railroad lines including the Fort Worth and Denver City lines in Texas, Tomball In April 1965 the Astrodome opened under the name of the Harris County Domed Stadium in July 1965 the Houston Metropolitan Area was expanded by the inclusion of Brazoria County Fort Bend County Liberty County and Montgomery County AstroWorld a theme park adjacent to the Astrodome was opened in 1968 Houston Intercontinental Airport was built in 1969 Houston International Airport renamed to Hobby Airport was closed to commercial aviation until 1971. The Jesse H Jones Hall for the Performing Arts commonly known as Jones Hall is a performance venue in Houston and the permanent home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Society for the Performing Arts Completed in October 1966 at the cost of $7.4 million it was designed by the Houston-based architectural firm Caudill Rowlett Scott the hall which takes up a city block has a white Italian marble exterior with eight-story tall columns the lobby is dominated by a 60-foot (18 m) high ceiling with a massive hanging bronze sculpture by Richard Lippold entitled "Gemini II." the ceiling of the concert hall consists of 800 hexagonal segments that can be raised or lowered to change the acoustics of the hall the building won the 1967 American Institute of Architects' Honor Award which is bestowed on only one building annually.