H-Town, TX
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About H-Town
- • The region's soils are primarily Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, characterized by clay and silt.
- • Buffalo Bayou, a slow-moving river, is central to the city's development and drainage.
- • The endangered Houston toad, *Anaxyrus houstonensis*, is endemic to the surrounding area.
- • The region is part of the West Gulf Coastal Plain, dominated by oak and pine forests.
- • The Karankawa Native Americans inhabited the coastal areas around present-day Houston.
- • Houston was incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837.
- • The JPMorgan Chase Tower, completed in 1982, is the tallest building in Texas.
- • Interstate 10 is a major east-west thoroughfare through the city.
- • The Beaumont Formation, a Pleistocene-age clay, silt, and sand deposit, underlies much of the Houston area.
- • Buffalo Bayou, a slow-moving river, is the primary waterway through Houston.
- • The endangered Attwater's prairie chicken once thrived on the coastal prairies near Houston.
- • The Houston area is part of the West Gulf Coastal Plain, characterized by prairie and piney woods ecosystems.
- • The Karankawa people inhabited the coastal areas near present-day Houston for centuries.
- • The Allen brothers founded Houston on August 26, 1836, naming it after Sam Houston.