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Cities towns and metropolitan areas "Texas-sized" is an expression that can be used in two ways: to describe something that is about the size of the U.S state of Texas or to describe something (usually but not always originating from Texas) that is large compared to other objects of its type. Texas was the largest U.S state until Alaska became a state in 1959 the phrase "everything is bigger in Texas" has been in regular use since at least 1950; and was used as early as 1913. ; . Fort Bend Toll Road Houston City Hall 11 Transportation In the 1620s and 1630s the Dutch West India Company established many trade posts or colonies the Spanish silver fleet which carried silver from Spanish colonies to Spain were seized by Piet Heyn in 1628 in 1629 Suriname and Guyana were established.[clarification needed] in 1630 the West India Company conquered part of Brazil and the colony of New Holland (capital Mauritsstad present-day Recife) was founded. .

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, (39) 103 National Research Universities (Tier 1) Ironically the Astrodome suffered a rainout on June 15 1976 the Astros' scheduled game against the Pittsburgh Pirates was called when massive flooding in the Houston area prevented all but a few fans from reaching the stadium Both teams had arrived early for practice but the umpires were several hours late at 5pm that day with only a handful of fans on hand and already several hours behind the umpires and teams agreed to call the game off Tables were brought onto the field and the teams ate dinner together. Although the Astros still had a home series with Pittsburgh in August this game was made up in Pittsburgh in July. . Urrea reached Matamoros on January 31 a committed federalist himself he soon convinced other federalists in the area that the Texians' ultimate goal was secession and their attempt to spark a federalist revolt in Matamoros was just a method of diverting attention from themselves. Mexican double agents continued to assure Johnson and Grant that they would be able to take Matamoros easily. While Johnson waited in San Patricio with a small group of men Grant and between 26 and 53 others roamed the area between the Nueces River and Matamoros. Although they were ostensibly searching for more horses it is likely Grant was also attempting to contact his sources in Matamoros to further coordinate an attack, World War II had a dramatic effect on Texas as federal money poured in to build military bases munitions factories POW detention camps and Army hospitals; 750,000 young men left for service; the cities exploded with new industry; the colleges took on new roles; and hundreds of thousands of poor farmers left for much better-paying war jobs never to return to agriculture. Texas needed more farm workers the Bracero Program brought in 117,000 Mexicans to work temporarily, Blues music developed throughout the Southern United States where several areas developed distinctive regional sounds Houston's distinctive sound grew in the 1920 with early influencers like Lightnin' Hopkins and T-Bone Walker the sound matured over the next 50 years during which it became known as Texas blues the style would gain international notoriety in the modern era when it was adopted by popular regional rockers Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top among others. . Houston Texas Business Directory See also: List of mammals of Texas List of birds of Texas List of reptiles of Texas and List of amphibians of Texas; . .