. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Minute Maid Park, Whether a Native American tribe was friendly or warlike was critical to the fates of European explorers and settlers in that land. Friendly tribes taught newcomers how to grow indigenous crops prepare foods and hunt wild game Warlike tribes made life difficult and dangerous for Europeans through their attacks and resistance to the newcomers. The Museum of East Texas opened in Lufkin in 1976 under the name Lufkin Historical and Creative Arts Center, 4.2 Basketball In the summer of 1860 a slave panic erupted in North and East Texas amid rumors of arson by slaves and abolitionists Called the "Texas Troubles" between 30 and 100 blacks and whites were lynched by vigilantes the events were used to arouse support for secession. Legislative responses 5.2.2 Texas politics today Wildlife Genesis (band) played a concert at the Astrodome as part of the We Can't Dance World Tour on May 9 1992, High rise brick flat-roofed hotel with three wings of equal size resting on the base provided by the first two floors. . By 1900 the Dallas population reached 38,000 as banking and insurance became major activities in the increasingly white-collar city which was now the world's leading cotton center it was also the world's center of harness making and leather goods Businessmen took control of civic affairs; with little municipal patronage there was only a small role for the Democratic Party to play the predominantly black Republican Party was essentially closed out of politics by the disenfranchisement in 1901 of most blacks through imposition of a poll tax (see below). . Main article: Politics of Texas The Houston area is a leading center for building oilfield equipment. Much of its success as a petrochemical complex is due to its busy ship channel the Port of Houston in the United States the port ranks first in international commerce and 10th among the largest ports in the world. Unlike most places high oil and gasoline prices are beneficial for Houston's economy as many of its residents are employed in the energy industry. Houston is the beginning or end point of numerous oil gas and products pipelines.
. Small single-story structure with pitched roof a center door is flanked by a window on each side Wide stairs lead to a wide front porch with wood railing, In 2001 the wreck of U-166 was found in 5,000 feet (1,500 m) of water less than two miles from where it had attacked the Robert E Lee an archaeological survey of the seafloor before construction of a natural gas pipeline led to the discoveries by C & C Marine archaeologists Robert A Church and Daniel J Warren the sonar contacts consisted of two large sections lying approximately 500 feet apart at either end of a debris field that indicated the presence of a U-boat, Fort Bend (southwest) The 1492 discovery of the New World by Spain rendered desirable a delimitation of the Spanish and Portuguese spheres of exploration Thus dividing the world into two exploration and colonizing areas seemed appropriate This was accomplished by the Treaty of Tordesillas (7 June 1494) which modified the delimitation authorized by Pope Alexander VI in two bulls issued on 4 May 1493 the treaty gave to Portugal all lands which might be discovered east of a meridian drawn from the Arctic Pole to the Antarctic at a distance of 370 leagues (1,800 km) west of Cape Verde Spain received the lands west of this line. In 1950 the availability of air conditioning provided impetus for many companies to relocate to Houston where wages were lower than those in the North; this resulted in an economic boom and produced a key shift in the city's economy toward the energy sector.
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