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William Howard White (born June 16, 1954) is an American attorney, businessman and politician who was the 60th mayor of Houston from 2004 to 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas in the 2010 election, in which he lost to Republican Rick Perry.
In 1964 the Texas Department of Public Safety chartered the City of Waco, Texas, to construct and operate the official museum of the Texas Rangers. The City of Waco agreed to commit 32 acres (130,000 m 2) for a building site, provide an ongoing annual operating subsidy, and build and sustain a headquarters for Texas Rangers Company "F".
Not Room Enough: Mexicans, Anglos, and Socioeconomic Change in Texas, 1850-1900 (1993) Tijerina, Andrés. Tejanos and Texas under the Mexican Flag, 1821-1836 (1994), Tijerina, Andrés. Tejano Empire: Life on the South Texas Ranchos (1998). Trevino, Roberto R. The Church in the Barrio: Mexican American Ethno-Catholicism in Houston. (2006). 308pp.
Northbound at I-10 on the west side of Houston in 2007. Beltway 8 (BW8), the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an 88-mile (142 km) beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States, lying entirely within Harris County.
River Oaks has one of the lowest crime rates in Houston. [82] Fire Station 3, 1976. The River Oaks Property Owners, Inc. offices are at 3923 San Felipe Road. [83] The community operates its own private security force, River Oaks Patrol. The Texas Department of Public Safety classifies the force as a guard, alarm, and investigation company. [84]
Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. [3] Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the U.S. Senator from Texas, U.S. Representative from Tennessee, Tennessee and Texas governor, and first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston.
Texas Children's Hospital is a nationally ranked, freestanding 973-bed, [1] acute care women's and children's hospital located in Houston, Texas.It is the primary pediatric teaching hospital affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine [2] and is located within the Texas Medical Center.
A man drove a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety building Friday, killing one person and injuring 13 others, according to local officials.