Cultural Analysis of Houston

             Around 6,600 acres of lush landscape surrounding the Buffalo Bayou and ten other winding waterways was purchased for a little over nine thousand dollars in 1836. Founded on the banks of the Buffalo Bayou in 1836 by two brothers and real estate brokers was Houston, Texas the city I proudly call my home. The city was named after General Samuel Houston famous for leading the Texas army to victory and the Texas independence over the superior forces of Mexico. The town was growing and served as the seat of the Republic of Texas for three years. After the capital was moved to Austin, Houstonians were determined to keep the town alive, and developed a port for shipping livestock and crops. The Houston Ship channel opened in 1914 just in time to help Houston profit from the war in Europe. Just east of Houston oil was discovered at the famous Spindeltop, located in Beaumont, which brought on the boom in Houston and forever associated southeast Texas with oil. By the 1930,s 40 oil companies were operating out of Houston. In the 1960's Houston was put on the map by the need to support NASA and the manned space flight program, so the Johnson Space Center was established just south of Houston. Also in 1965 The Harris County Domed Stadium, later named the Astrodome was completed to be the first stadium of its kind. The Astrodome was seen as such an architectural accomplishment at the time of completion many refereed to it as the 8th wonder of the world. The upheaval of the Middle East in the 1970's drove up the price of oil and Houston's economy prospered. The city had not such experienced such prosperous times and people were moving in at the rate of 1,000 a week and there was a since that there would be no end to new riches. However the 1980's proved different over speculation of real estate and oil priced caused the economy to deflate to an all time low.
             Today the Greater Houston Area at 8,778 squ
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