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A 10-year-old boy was rescued by Texas State Troopers after he crossed the US border on Thanksgiving Day only to be abandoned by smugglers in a desolate stretch of territory.
Isaac Cline as a young man. Isaac Monroe Cline (October 13, 1861 – August 3, 1955) was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas, office of the U.S. Weather Bureau, now known as the National Weather Service, from 1889 to 1901.
Nicholas Henry Darnell (1807–1885), leader of 18th Texas Cavalry Regiment, known as "Darnell's Regiment"; Speaker of House for both Republic of Texas and state of Texas; Dick Dowling (1838–1867), commander at Sabine Pass and famous Houstonian; John "Rip" Ford (1815–1897), Texas Rangers legend and commander at Battle of Palmito Ranch
Romeo M. Williams, prominent civil rights attorney who played a pivotal role in the desegregation of Marshall, Texas.; [1] also a U.S. Army Air Force officer and trained fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen [2]
The storm also causes heavy rains where it makes landfall, peaking at 18.9 in (480 mm). [125] At one point, the storm knocks out power to as many as an estimated 2.6 million people. [1] Ike is one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit Texas and one of the deadliest, causing $19.3 billion in damages and killing 84 people. [1]
Southeast Texas flooding: photos capture water rescues of people and pets and severe damage to homes ... More than 80,000 people were under flash flood warnings on Friday in Harris, Liberty and ...
Oct. 4—AUSTIN — Over the last week, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers working Operation Lone Star — the state's mission to secure our southern border and deter, detect and ...
Bill Clements (1917–2011), Texas governor and businessman; John Ford Coley (born 1948), famous singer-songwriter; John Congleton (born 1977), music producer; Kerry Cooks (born 1974), football coach; Pat Corley (1930–2006), actor (Murphy Brown) Rafael Cruz (born 1939), Christian preacher and public speaker; father of Texas Senator Ted Cruz