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Nicolas de La Fora's 1771 map of the northern frontier of New Spain clearly shows the Provincia de los Tejas; Hufsmith Houston is located 165 miles (266 km) east of Austin 88 miles (142 km) west of the Louisiana border and 250 miles (400 km) south of Dallas the city has a total area of 637.4 square miles (1,651 km2); this comprises over 599.59 square miles (1,552.9 km2) of land and 22.3 square miles (58 km2) covered by water. Most of Houston is located on the gulf coastal plain and its vegetation is classified as Western Gulf coastal grasslands while further north it transitions into a subtropical jungle the Big Thicket Much of the city was built on forested land marshes swamp and are all still visible in surrounding areas.[citation needed] Flat terrain and extensive greenfield development have combined to worsen flooding. Downtown stands about 50 feet (15 m) above sea level and the highest point in far northwest Houston is about 150 feet (46 m) in elevation the city once relied on groundwater for its needs but land subsidence forced the city to turn to ground-level water sources such as Lake Houston Lake Conroe and Lake Livingston the city owns surface water rights for 1.20 billion gallons of water a day in addition to 150 million gallons a day of groundwater, Main article: Transportation in Texas Sports and outdoors The Sharpstown scandal which concerned government bribes involving real estate developer Frank Sharp (neighborhood of Sharpstown is named after him) occurred in 1970 and 1971. Deep East Texas is a sub-region of East Texas According to the Deep East Texas Council of Governments the region consists of the following twelve counties: Angelina Houston Jasper Nacogdoches Newton Polk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto Shelby Trinity and Tyler; 4.2 Basketball The Alamo is one of the most recognized symbols of Texas Taxation Many of the Texas settlers believed the war to be over and left the army after the initial string of victories the remaining troops were largely recently-arrived adventurers from the United States; according to historian Alwyn Barr the numerous American volunteers "contributed to the Mexican view that Texan opposition stemmed from outside influences." the Mexican congress responded to this perceived threat by authorizing the execution of any foreigner found fighting in Texas; they did not want prisoners of war. 10 External links Main article: Politics of Houston, Further information: List of colleges and universities in Houston, Humble Barrett Car culture 4.6 Motorsports! . Geography Toll Texas 99.svg State Highway 99 a.k.a - Grand Parkway (Under Construction). Author James W Corder wrote in Yonder: Life on the Far Side of Change that he adhered to the said prepositions no matter how far away a place was John Nova Lomax of Texas Monthly stated that he typically did not adhere to the prepositions for more distant cities of about 100 miles (160 km) and/or at least about one to two hours driving distance away especially in regards to east-west travel (for example to the state of Louisiana the city of New Orleans and San Antonio) while he continued to use the prepositions for further-out places to the north and south (such as Corpus Christi Dallas and the Rio Grande Valley).

; Traces Texas leads the nation in the production of cattle horses sheep goats wool mohair and hay the state also leads the nation in production of cotton which is the number one crop grown in the state in terms of value the state grows significant amounts of cereal crops and produce. Texas has a large commercial fishing industry With mineral resources Texas leads in creating cement crushed stone lime salt sand and gravel, Many of the organs of the Harris County government reside in the Harris County Campus in Downtown Houston! Three federally recognized Native American tribes reside in Texas: the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas and the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas.[citation needed] a remnant of the Choctaw tribe in East Texas still lives in the Mt Tabor Community near Overton Texas.[citation needed]. . . In 1578 the Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I defeated Portugal at the Battle of Ksar El Kebir beating the young king Sebastian I a devout Christian who believed in the crusade to defeat Islam Portugal had landed in North Africa after Abu Abdallah asked him to help recover the Saadian throne Abu Abdallah's uncle Abd Al-Malik had taken it from Abu Abdallah with Ottoman Empire support the defeat of Abu Abdallah and the death of Portugal's king led to the end of the Portuguese Aviz dynasty and later to the integration of Portugal and its empire at the Iberian Union for 60 years under Sebastian's uncle Philip II of Spain Philip was married to his relative Mary I cousin of his father due to this Philip was King of England and Ireland in a dynastic union with Spain, In 1799 Spain gave Louisiana back to France in exchange for the promise of a throne in central Italy Although the agreement was signed on October 1 1800 it did not go into effect until 1802 the following year Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States the original agreement between Spain and France had not explicitly specified the borders of Louisiana and the descriptions in the documents were ambiguous and contradictory the United States insisted that its purchase also included most of West Florida and all of Texas, Soon Houstonians were prompted to put an end to their problems; so they wanted to make a Chamber of Commerce just for the city a bill had been introduced on November 26 1838 in Congress that would establish this entity President Mirabeau B Lamar signed the act into law on January 28 1840 This move could not have come sooner as the city was suffering from financial problems and numerous yellow fever outbreaks including an 1839 outbreak that killed about 12 percent of its population Also on January 14 1839 the capital had been moved to Austin known as Waterloo at the time on April 4 1840 John Carlos hosted a meeting to establish the Houston Chamber of Commerce at the City Exchange building E.S Perkins presided as its first president in addition to Perkins and Carlos the charter members admitted were: Henry R Allen T Francis Brewer Jacob De Cordova J Temple Doswell George Gazley Dewitt C Harris J Hart Charles J Hedenburg Thomas M League Charles Kesler Charles A Morris E Osborne and John W Pitkin Undergrowth and snags had been the greatest obstacle to navigating Buffalo Bayou; yet by 1840 there was an accumulation of sunken ships This was the principle concern of the new Houston Chamber of Commerce the city of Houston and Harris County responded by allocating taxpayer money for bayou clearance and on March 1 1841 the first wreck was pulled out the bayou under this program.