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Houston City, Texas
Houston is the largest city
in Texas, and the fourth largest in the
United States. It serves as the seat of
Harris County, and it is also the economic
center of the sixth largest American
metropolitan area, the Houston-Sugar
Land-Baytown area. Brothers John Kirby Allen
and Augustus Chapman Allen founded Houston
on August 30, 1836 near the shores of
Buffalo Bayou. Nearly a year later, on June
5, 1837,
the city was incorporates and named in honor
of former General Sam Houston who was then
the President of the Republic of Texas.
The General played an integral role during
the Battle of San Jacinto which took place
25 miles from where Houston was established.
The city’s population boomed because of the
highly successful port
and railroad industry and because of the
1901 oil discovery. During the middle of the
20th century, the world’s largest complex of
research and healthcare institution, called
the Texas Medical Center, was established in
Houston.
During the same period, NASA’s Johnson Space
Center was also built. The Mission Control
Center is located in this NASA building.
Houston is considered a beta world city. Its
economy has a massive industrial base in the
sectors of energy, aeronautics,
manufacturing, healthcare and
transportation. Houston is also home to
several Fortune 500 headquarters.