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1. Seal of Houston, Texas
Houston is the largest city in the state of Texas and the fourth-largest in the United
States. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate, it had a population of more than 2
million. The city covers more than 600 square miles (1,600 km)
Houston was founded on August 30, 1836 by brothers Augustus Chapman Allen
and John Kirby Allen on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou. The city was
incorporated on June 5, 1837 and named after General Sam Houston, commander
at the Battle of San Jacinto. The burgeoning port and railroad industry, combined
with oil discovery in 1901, has induced continual surges in Houston's population. In
the 20th century, Houston became the home of the Texas Medical Center, the
world's largest concentration of healthcare and research institutions, and NASA's
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
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2. Sam Houston

3. Houston, Downtown

5. Wortham Fountain at Tranquility Park

7. Our house on Ludington Drive

8. Satellite image of Houston, Texas

9. Houston, City Hall

10. Metrorail

11. I-10 and I-45 near Downtown

12. Texas Medical Center

13. Lovett Hall - Rice University

14. Wortham Center -Theater District

15. Port of Houston

16. The space shuttle, atop its Boeing 747 SCA, flying over Johnson Space Center

17. Downtown skyline

18. The Water Wall, near the Galleria

19. Houston from Interstate

20. Sam Houston Park

21. The view from my window 1995-2001

22. Houston Rodeo

23. Gotta love the flags