. . . . 1.2 Big Thicket Main article: Galveston Bay, Throughout the night Mexican troops worked to fortify their camp creating breastworks out of everything they could find including saddles and brush at 9 a.m on April 21 Cos arrived with 540 reinforcements bringing the Mexican force to 1,200 men which outnumbered the Texians. Cos's men were raw recruits rather than experienced soldiers and they had marched steadily for more than 24 hours with no rest and no food. As the morning wore on with no Texian attack Mexican officers lowered their guard by afternoon Santa Anna had given permission for Cos's men to sleep; his own tired troops also took advantage of the time to rest eat and bathe. Government and politics Sports and outdoors The Astrodome held several motorsports events throughout its lifetime the AMA Grand National Championship held events starting in 1968 and running for 18 years utilizing the Short Track and TT Steeplechase track configurations in their visits the AMA Supercross Championship held its first ever indoor Supercross at the Astrodome in 1974 won by Jim Pomeroy in the mid-1980s the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group held several Stadium Off-Road Racing Series events showcasing such drivers as Ivan Stewart Robby Gordon and Walker Evans Beginning in the early 1980s both TNT Motorsports and the United States Hot Rod Association held events showcasing mud bogging truck and tractor pulling and monster trucks in the Astrodome After a buy-out of TNT Motorsports the USHRA continued holding events that would later transform into the current Monster Jam events; .
; The following professional sports venues are located in Houston 1910 3,896,542 27.8% Horace Chilton born near Tyler Smith County The Wortham Theater Center School Trustee Pct 4 Pos 2 Angie Chesnut Republican. . As a result of the Obama sweep in 2008 many Democratic candidates in contests for lower-level offices also benefited and many Republican incumbents were replaced by Democrats in the Harris County courthouse Some of the defeated Republican district court judges were later re-appointed to vacant District Court benches by Governor Rick Perry in 2018 Democrats swept the court capturing all 59 seats on the civil criminal family juvenile and probate courts.
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