Texans in 1909 marked an icon of progress with the construction of the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi the 190-foot steel-frame skyscraper was the 14-story Praetorian Building housing the Praetorian Insurance Company Dallas became the regional headquarters of the Federal Reserve in 1914 strengthening its dominance of Texas banking the city had reached 260,000 population by 1929 when the effects of the Stock Market Crash hit Texas causing a sharp drop in the prices of oil cotton and cattle; growth came to a standstill, Post-war housing constructed throughout Houston reflects many architectural styles Although most houses built for the "baby boomers" reflect designs that had been around for decades a number of homes were designed in the mid-century modern style featuring flat or butterfly roofs open floor plans walls of glass atriums and patios a good example of this style is the William L Thaxton Jr House located in Bunker Hill Village which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1954! . With 10 climatic regions 14 soil regions and 11 distinct ecological regions regional classification becomes problematic with differences in soils topography geology rainfall and plant and animal communities. One classification system divides Texas in order from southeast to west into the following: Gulf Coastal Plains Interior Lowlands Great Plains and Basin and Range Province. Space Shuttle Independence replica covered in snow 2017, The English pronunciation with /ks/ is unetymological and based in the value of the letter x in historical Spanish orthography Alternative etymologies of the name advanced in the late 19th century connected the Spanish teja "rooftile" the plural tejas being used to designate indigenous Pueblo settlements a 1760s map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin shows a village named Teijas on Trinity River close to the site of modern Crockett. . District 36 Brian Babin Republican 2014 Clear Lake City NASA Johnson Space Center southern and central Pasadena Deer Park Baytown Crosby La Porte eastern Sheldon Dayton Seabrook Morgan's Point Shore Acres El Lago Nassau Bay Taylor Lake Village.
; 2 Landmarks and monuments 7 Paul Bettencourt Republican 2014 Memorial Villages Memorial/Spring Branch area Addicks Reservoir northwest portions of county. . 4 Shipwrecks Media, US 90.svg U.S Highway 90 a.k.a - Crosby Freeway, Harris County ESD #11 EMS Cypress Creek EMS .04185; Houston Rockets NBA Basketball Toyota Center 2003 18,023 Est 2018 28,701,845 14.1% Portuguese Empire, Like most of the South the Texas economy was devastated by the War However since the state had not been as dependent on slaves as other parts of the South it was able to recover more quickly the culture in Texas during the later 19th century exhibited many facets of a frontier territory the state became notorious as a haven for people from other parts of the country who wanted to escape debt criminal prosecution or other problems Indeed "Gone to Texas" was a common expression for those fleeing the law in other states Nevertheless the state also attracted many businessmen and other settlers with more legitimate interests as well; . Greater Houston's arterial road network is established at the municipal level with the City of Houston exercising planning control over both its incorporated area and extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) Therefore Houston exercises transportation planning authority over a 2,000-square-mile (5,200 km2) area over five counties many times larger than its corporate area the Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan updated annually establishes the city's street hierarchy identifies roadways in need of widening and proposes new roadways in unserved areas Arterial roads are organized into four categories in decreasing order of intensity: major thoroughfares transit corridor streets collector streets and local streets. Roadway classification affects anticipated traffic volumes roadway design and right of way breadth Ultimately the system is designed to ferry traffic from neighborhood streets to major thoroughfares which connect into the limited-access highway system. Notable arterial roads in the region include Westheimer Road Memorial Drive Texas State Highway 6 Farm to Market Road 1960 Bellaire Boulevard and Telephone Road. Top publicly traded companies (25.1) 76.6 Katy Climate 147 Garnet Coleman Democratic 1990 Downtown Houston inner southeastern portions of Houston (mainly west of I-45) Eastern Montrose Midtown Third Ward.
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