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The Texians Began Their Retreat On March 19 The Pace Was Unhurried And After Travelling Only 4 Miles (6.4 Km) The Group Stopped For An Hour To Rest And Allow The Oxen To Graze. Urrea's Troops Caught Up To The Texians Later That Afternoon While Fannin And His Force Of About 300 Men Were Crossing A Prairie. Having Learned From The Fighting At Refugio Urrea Was Determined That The Texians Would Not Reach The Cover Of Timber Approximately 1.5 Miles (2.4 Km) Ahead Along Coleto Creek As Mexican Forces Surrounded Them The Texians Formed A Tight Hollow Square For Defense. They Repulsed Three Charges During This Battle Of Coleto Resulting In About Nine Texians Killed And 51 Wounded Including Fannin Urrea Lost 50 Men With Another 140 Wounded Texians Had Little Food No Water And Declining Supplies Of Ammunition But Voted To Not Try To Break For The Timber As They Would Have Had To Leave The Wounded Behind
Lumber became a large part of the port's exports with merchandise as its chief import the Houston Post was established in 1880 the Houston Chronicle followed on August 23 of that year Former U S President Ulysses Grant came to Houston to celebrate the opening of the Union Station which had rail links with New Orleans Fifth Ward residents threatened to secede from Houston because they felt they already had been separated an iron drawbridge built in 1883 pacified them and they did not secede in 1887 the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word established a hospital that would become St Joseph Hospital. . .
. ; . An additional obvious legacy is that of Roman Catholicism At the end of Spain's reign over Texas virtually all inhabitants practiced the Catholic religion and it is still practiced in Texas by a large number of people the Spanish missions built in San Antonio to convert Indians to Catholicism have been restored and are a National Historic Landmark, Disease in the Americas 2 Geography and climate (12.0) 60.4 The Pioneer Memorial obelisk stands at the end of the Reflecting Pool in Hermann Park it was erected by the San Jacinto Centennial Association and dedicated on August 30 1936; 5 Culture City and county government 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! Brick two-storey gambral-roofed house with gracious wrap-around porch and second story balcony with columns Square columns on first floor porch are of brick.
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