Further information: List of colleges and universities in Houston, 3.9 Automobile ownership 4.3 Republic, Kinwood In early 1917 the War Department ordered two military installations to be built in Harris County: Camp Logan and Ellington Field the Army deployed a battalion of the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment to guard the construction site at Camp Logan Racial tension in the city rose as the black soldiers received hostile treatment in the racially segregated city Tensions flared into a full-blown riot in August 1917; the Camp Logan Riot resulted in the deaths of 15 whites (including 4 policemen) and 4 black soldiers and scores of additional injuries. .
Infrastructure The space shuttle atop its Boeing 747 flying over NASA's Johnson Space Center, In 1837 the Racer's Storm passed just to the south of the town raising water levels four feet the Great Hurricane of 1900 destroyed the nearby (and then much bigger) city of Galveston which is situated on a barrier island 50 mi (80 km) southeast of downtown Houston That hurricane weakened to a tropical storm by the time it reached Houston the periphery of Hurricane Carla hit the city in 1961 causing major damage to Houston At the time of landfall Carla was the most powerful tropical system to hit the Texas coast in over 40 years in 1983 the city was struck squarely by Hurricane Alicia causing $1 billion of damage to the city during a down period in the city's economy, Animals 5.2 San Jacinto County Clerk Diane Trautman Democratic! 2 1900s According to the Energy Information Administration Texans consume on average the fifth most energy (of all types) in the nation per capita and as a whole following behind Wyoming Alaska Louisiana North Dakota and Iowa.
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