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Airports Constable Precinct 6 Silvia Trevino Democratic 7.1 Crime Buffalo Bayou after Hurricane Harvey August 2017 Taxation. Though 35 percent of Texas' population is now Hispanic African-Americans are still the most populous minority in Southeast Texas During the Civil Rights Movement several communities clashed over racial integration issues, 9.1 Unionism Asian: 3.8 percent (1.0 percent Indian 0.8 percent Vietnamese 0.6 percent Chinese 0.4 percent Filipino 0.3 percent Korean 0.1 percent Japanese 0.6 percent other Asian), In 2004 Houston unveiled the first Mahatma Gandhi statue in the state of Texas at Hermann Park Houston's Indian American Community were cheerful after 10 years in 2010 when the Hillcroft and Harwin area were renamed Mahatma Gandhi District in honor of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as that area is the center of Indian commerce. Around 2006 Taiwanese people became owners of several independent and small chain hotels in the Houston area in December 2006 C.Y Ling the director of the commercial division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston said that Taiwanese owned more hotels than any other ethnic group except for the Indians, In July 1937 Japan captured the former Chinese imperial capital of Peking after instigating the Marco Polo Bridge Incident which culminated in the Japanese campaign to invade all of China the Soviets quickly signed a non-aggression pact with China to lend materiel support effectively ending China's prior co-operation with Germany From September to November the Japanese attacked Taiyuan engaged the Kuomintang Army around Xinkou and fought Communist forces in Pingxingguan. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek deployed his best army to defend Shanghai but after three months of fighting Shanghai fell the Japanese continued to push the Chinese forces back capturing the capital Nanking in December 1937 After the fall of Nanking tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants were murdered by the Japanese! Golden Triangle 1.2 Autumn The Houston area encompasses more than 300 private schools many of which are accredited by Texas Private School Accreditation Commission recognized agencies the Houston Area independent schools offer education from a variety of different religious as well as secular viewpoints the Houston area Catholic schools are operated by the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston! . Lufkin (35,067), Smith County (209,714), 5 Marathon Oil 29 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. Main articles: Military production during World War II and Home front during World War II, Energy In 2002 the University of Houston celebrated its 75th anniversary with an enrollment of 34,443 that fall semester At the same time the University of Houston System celebrated its 25th anniversary with a total enrollment of over 54,000, 6.3 Energy The Uptown District located on Interstate 610 West (referred to locally as the "West Loop") between U.S Highway 59 and Interstate 10 boomed along with Houston during the 1970s and early 1980s During that time the area grew from farm land in the late 1960s to a collection of high-rise office buildings residential properties and retail establishments including the Houston Galleria the area is an example of what architectural theorists call the edge city in the late 1990s Uptown Houston saw construction of many mid- and high-rise residential buildings of the tallest being about 30 stories.

Sissy Spacek Quitman Wood County In 1840 the community established a chamber of commerce in part to promote shipping and navigation at the newly created port on Buffalo Bayou, 3.5 The Pine Curtain 17 External links Survivors of Katrina in the Astrodome 2005 Houston Texas Business Directory. Fort Bend Toll Road (16.5) As of 2010 65.8% (14,740,304) of Texas residents age 5 and older spoke only English at home while 29.2% (6,543,702) spoke Spanish 0.75 percent (168,886) Vietnamese and Chinese (which includes Cantonese and Mandarin) was spoken by 0.56% (122,921) of the population over the age of five. . .