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East Texas
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East Texas is the region where the Deep South meets the Southwest. On its eastern border, it is virtually indistinguishable from neighboring Louisiana: it rises from the Gulf of Mexico in a series of low, shelving beaches, marshes, and bayous, mounting to form thick stands of oak-pine forest along the Sabine River and northward to the Red River, the border with Oklahoma. Along the way, the piney woods are dotted with farms and small cities such as Nacogdoches, Tyler, Lufkin, and Longview.
But the presence that dominates much of East Texas lies in the southern reaches: Houston, largest city by far in Texas and one of the largest in the United States. What began as a small parcel of land on Buffalo Bayou purchased by two New York entrepreneurs has become a world-class metropolis whose importance reaches literally as far as the Moon. Houston is a gigantic, sprawling, barely-contained explosion of a city: a major shipping port, the energy capital of the United States, home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other city but New York, and headquarters of NASA.
To the southeast, on the Gulf itself, is the gracious and much more sedate port of Galveston. Continuing up the coast, the so-called "Golden Triangle" of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange is an important oil producing area: Spindletop in Beaumont was the first major American oil field, and its discovery in 1901 caused a major boom to the area, the state of Texas, and the entire United States.
Articles
Latest news for Houston Texas from Houston Business Journal
Houston tops list of U.S. cities with most manufacturing jobs
Feb 10, 2012 7:36 pm
Houston topped all other U.S. cities in a ranking of those having the highest number of manufacturing jobs as of Jan. 1. Furthermore, it grew the total of those positions by 3 percent from the previo...
Perry Homes nudges McGuyer for largest Houston homebuilder
Feb 10, 2012 7:31 pm
Perry Homes barely slipped by McGuyer Homebuilders Inc. for the No. 1 spot on the Houston Business Journals list of the largest Houston-area homebuilders, ranked by 2011 local gross revenue. Click on...
El Paso shareholders try to block merger vote
Feb 10, 2012 5:47 pm
El Paso Corp. shareholders, responding to allegations that chief executive Douglas Foshee hid an apparent conflict of interest during negotiations of the companys $21 billion sale to Kinder Morgan Inc...
Texas Attorney General speaks out on contraception mandate
Feb 10, 2012 5:38 pm
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and nine other Attorney Generals sent a letter to the Obama Administration calling on them to rethink their contraception services mandate. The Obamacare mandate fo...
Drink in this Valentines Day guide for procrastinators
Feb 10, 2012 5:32 pm
Theres no better sign of an improving economy in Houston or around the country than the money consumers spend on special occasions. Judging by the love-struck projections for spending on Feb. 14, thin...
Texas challenges EPA greenhouse gas regulations
Feb 10, 2012 5:22 pm
The State of Texas has filed its opening brief challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys decision to impose greenhouse gas regulations in the state. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot said...
Fertittas Golden Nugget to launch online gaming site
Feb 10, 2012 5:09 pm
The Golden Nugget hotels and casinos said Friday it has lined up a potential partner for a free-play online gaming website. The hotel and casino chain, which is owned by Houston-based Landrys Inc., s...
State Dept: No conflict of interest in Keystone review
Feb 10, 2012 3:56 pm
A new U.S. State Department report says it found no conflicts of interest in its previous review of the Keystone XL pipeline, the Hill reports. This new finding gives strength to Republican arguments...
GSE Holding sets terms of IPO, begins trading
Feb 10, 2012 3:51 pm
GSE Holding Inc. priced its initial public offering of 7 million shares of common stock Feb. 9 at $9 per share. The Houston-based company, which postponed its IPO in December due to unfavorable marke...
Energy recruiters consider ways to keep veterans in the field
Feb 10, 2012 3:00 pm
Developments in shale technology that have reinvigorated domestic oil and gas production could have a ripple effect that softens the blow of an expected crisis in the energy sector an exodus of seaso...
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