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History Map of the Houston Region George P 1836 1890 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 1519 -1685, 1690-1821 1685 -1690 1821 -1836 1836 -1845 1861 -1865 1845 -1861, 1870 Six Flags Over Texas 1974 2010 + 1904 1970s - 80s 2001 Sept 2005 Spain France Mexico Republic of Texas Confederate States of America The Woodlands founded by 1836 United States of America 1893 1895 Conroe founded 1969 Houston Downtown Tropical Storm Allison Hurricane Rita Houston Regional Growth History Map of the Houston Region George P. Mitchell 1999 population 2.1 Million; Galveston incorporated 1861 Pasadena founded Friendswood founded Kingwood tunnel system constructed 1993 1846 1930 1933 1968 Greater metropolitan area Planning and 1837 - 1840 Houston and 1894 1940s 1945 1948 1955 1959 founded Houston surpasses LA The SJRA 1976 Citywide referendum; population 6M Texas becomes Harris County 1870 Houston most populous city in Texas Humble founded Houston carries out Baytown Houston metro area Sugar Land in ozone readings Infrastructure Houston is the Capital of Pearland founded 1900 Katy 1962 (San Jacinto River Authority) Greenspoint 1983 Houston again rejects zoning the Republic 28th State vote to secede Texas readmitted 292,352 annexation campaign founded population 1 Million founded 1890s founded Houston voters reject proposed began construction of development begins Economic Development from the Union to the Union The Great Storm 1929 1935 to increase size Hurricane Sept 12, 2008 1837 Clear Lake 1955 zoning ordinance Lake Conroe pursuant to 1989 Aug 30, 1836 against Sam Population 9,332 City planning commission 1946 - 1950 Alicia Hurricane Ike General City founded Sharpstown a 1/3–2/3 partnership with Transportation & Mobility Houston’s advice recommends zoning ordinance Rise of suburban development The Houston Chamber of Commerce Sept 2, 2005 Allen Brothers, Sam Houston, 1838 1850 measures were followed by the step-by-step development developed 1964 the City of Houston 1893 merged with the Economic Development Council John and Augustus First Houston New Orleans victims of Hurricane Katrina evacuated Healthcare, Science, US census counts 2,397 1948 Citizens approve Trinity River 1971 1982 ___________________1990 to form the Greater Houston Partnership the Republic city Fire house Missouri City founded community in Houston to Houston and temporarily housed in the Astrodome High Tech and Space found Houston Houston citizens 1880 Houston rejects water program for downtown Lake Livingston completed of Houston 1926 1940 Recession Wife Charlotte instrumental (Galveston is State’s First telephone proposed zoning ordinance storm and sanitary sewers as the result of a contract signs act 1841 Natural gas 1920s______________________1930s 1961 Houston loses 220,00 jobs 2008 Arts, Culture, Media largest city) exchange in Houston 1901 Dow Chemical necessary for major between the Trinity River Authority 1990 incorporating Houston Police Proliferation of Hurricane Carla Houston named top created 1882 moves to Freeport 1940s new development downtown of Texas and the city of Houston 1982 2014 - 2016 and Recreation $1.40 per acre paid for Houston force established Oil discovered at Spindletop Houston Houston hosts the 16th CO2 polluter Houston becomes world’s most air conditioned city Compaq 6,642 acres of land near Houston puts Houston at the center of new oil Ship Channel 1939 1970 1981 1982 Annual Economic Summit 2001 Oil drops from $100/barrel Education Electric Light Co. organized 1914 1971 1973 Texas Commerce founded of Industrialized Nations OCT 2010 to < $50/barrel; the headwaters 62% of the city’s population were dependent upon the Galleria opened Continental moves 1987 Enron declares bankruptcy 2008 1866 Arab oil embargo Tower erected headquarters to Houston United merges 100,000 jobs lost petroleum industry and its related business 1970s Shell Oil relocates 1994 Greater Houston Sports & Entertainment electric power plants) Houston Panorama c 1910 (now Chase Tower) George R. Brown with Continental. First National Bank 1874 More than 200 companies to Houston quadruples oil prices Partnership asks Convention Center NAFTA Headquarters relocated is founded Houston Board of Trade move headquarters, subsidiaries 1973 __________________ 1981 Texas to enact the 1902 opened established to Chicago 2016 Demographics & Diversity and Cotton Exchange and divisions to Houston Houston economic boom California Clean Air Act 1840 organized Congress appropriates 1937 Houston home to 24 $1 Million for the development 1941 1948 1978 1994 Fortune 500 companies April 21, 1836 Houston divided into 4 wards Houston Municipal 1947 1973 1969 1997 Philanthropic, Civic and of the Houston Ship Channel New master plan Port of Houston Voters approve First segment of 2008 Battle of San Jacinto Airport opens, Construction Final segment of Interstate 610 completed. Houston Intercontinental 1989 George Mitchell Business Leadership April 4, 1840 1870 Jesse Jones is an early civic leader for Houston ranks second and fund MTA Grand Parkway opens General Sam Houston’s Texas Army later Hobby begins on the Houston Originally known as the Defense Loop, limited Airport begins operations perfects Fracking 2004 Federal Bailouts emphasizes a nationally in Dr. Richard Smalley discovers 2015 Political Leadership wins independence from Mexico The Houston Chamber of Congress designates Gulf Freeway, technique loop system “buckyballs” at Rice University MAY 2012 Commerce is formed Houston a Port; 1905 1910 total tonnage the beginning of construction until the 1950s. METRO lightrail expansion First survey of the 1968 1999 open for ridership City Council approves Houston has Congress accepts novel 1936 covers 22.7 miles Ship Channel conducted Denton Cooley 1987 Michael E. DeBakey $100M plan by 1842 80 automobiles Houston Chamber of Commerce Eastern Airlines begins 1917 - 1920 1934 1944 performs the Institute founded Congress approves $2,000 service to Houston Paul Chu and his Southwest Airlines to proposal to split Ship Channel Ellington Field Intracoastal Canal PanAm begins U of H team discover 1993 expand Hobby Airport to add 1897 development costs between Houston opens to train pilots for WWI in the U.S. at St. Lukes (the beginning of Port of Houston) links Houston to Mississippi air service to superconnectivity Center for Nanoscale Science 2002 First automobile and the Federal Government 1959 1836 River navigation system 1935 international cities 1962 1982 and Technology opens at Rice University BioHouston 1870s appears in Houston Dr William Spencer establishes a polio 2000 2015 Gail Borden lays out Houston’s grid 1914 Denton A. Cooley Houston Advanced Research Center founded 2011 Texas business men treatment center now the The Institute Houston Technology Center with main east west thoroughfare 1853 1868 air serviceto Houston founds the 1965 founded End of NASA’s $60M Buffalo Bayou expand the The Houston Ship Channel 1943 for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) 1969 Founded Texas Avenue First trolley cars that Texas Heart Institute Harris County Space Shuttle Program Park Renovation railroad network is completed The Texas Medical Center 1962 railroad begins were mule drawn appear 1904 Hospital District is founded NASA Mission spoken from space 2013 operations Houston 1909 1924 1953 founded 2000 Control Center $205M approved for library system Memorial Park KLEE-TV broadcasts 1955 1955 Rice Alliance Houston Museum moved to Houston Bayou Greenway improvements Regional Growth 1880 established of Natural Science founded 1919 opened 1947 Houston Ballet Houston Grand Opera 1976 founded The Alley Theatre time in Houston founded founded Ensemble Theatre Aug 2006 Planning and Houston Post Jesse Miller 1987 1995 and Houston Chronicle left land to the city; 1924 started by Nina Vance founded JAN 2011 1948 Wortham Houston Post Houston Arts Infrastructure established 1899 1913 became 1949 by 1970 University of Houston Museum of Fine Arts opens Theater opened Alliance First city park Miller Outdoor Theatre, The Contemporary KUHT signed on air: HISD is desegregated declared one of only three Economic Development The Houston Symphony HISD magnet program formed 1859 opened at the Houston Zoo, Arts Museum founded 1st US public TV station Carnegie-designated 2015 founded by Ima Hogg established 1975 as 1998 Municipal and civic current site of and HMNS 1987 Tier One research 1 fifth of students zoned to HISD Transportation & Mobility 1947 a tool for desegregation YES Prep founded organizations raise funds to Sam Houston Park 1969 Menil opened 1994 universities in Texas attend public charter schools 1928 State legislature establishes Healthcare, Science, 1891 Texas State University UT Medical School KIPP founded the Houston Academy 1923 HISD established Houston founded 1971 High Tech and Space UTMB founded 1912 for negroes (Now TSU) 1876 HISD becomes by Texas Legislature Houston Community 2005 in Galveston The Rice Institute, established by 1994, 1995 2003 2016 Prairie View A & M independent of City College (HCC) 1994 Dynamo moved from Arts, Culture, Media William Marsh Rice, Toyota Center opened Houston hosts University Council and Mayor 1947 Hockey returns to Houston Rockets win NBA San Jose to Houston and Recreation begins classes NCAA Final Four founded 1932 University of 1971 with the Aeros championship 1877 First Houston St. Thomas established 1960 1965 Education “Texas received me when I was penniless, 1927 NBA Rockets move 1979 - 1981 1999 2002 2017 without friends or even acquaintances, Livestock Show and AFL Oilers begin Astrodome opens from San Diego to Houston Houston
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