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Houston (i/ˈhjuːstən/ HYOO-stən) is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States. With a census-estimated 2014 population of 2.239 million people, within a land area of 599.6 square miles (1,553 km2), it also is the largest city in the Southern United States, as well as the seat of Harris County. It is the principal city of Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, which is the fifth most populated metropolitan area in the United States.
Houston was founded in 1836 on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou (now known as Allen's Landing) and incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837. The city was named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had commanded and won at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of where the city was established. The burgeoning port and railroad industry, combined with oil discovery in 1901, has induced continual surges in the city's population. In the mid-twentieth century, Houston became the home of the Texas Medical Center—the world's largest concentration of healthcare and research institutions—and NASA's Johnson Space Center, where the Mission Control Center is located.
James Houston or Jim Houston may refer to:
Actors: Kenneth Welsh (actor), Christopher Walken (actor), Jack Jessop (actor), Richard Blackburn (actor), Gerry Mendicino (actor), Wayne Robson (actor), Edward Herrmann (actor), Richard Libertini (actor), Clancy Brown (actor), Frank Crudele (actor), Bruce Davison (actor), Joaquim de Almeida (actor), Louis Di Bianco (actor), Gary Lucchesi (producer), Ron White (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: James Bush (actor), Harry Carey (actor), Richard Carlson (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Robert Homans (actor), J. Anthony Hughes (actor), Rod La Rocque (actor), Alex Melesh (actor), Cyril Ring (actor), C. Aubrey Smith (actor), Dan White (actor), Charles Winninger (actor), Hank Worden (actor), Nell Craig (actress), William Bakewell (actor),
Plot: Melton, Chadwick and O'Brien, rich but lonely heads of an engineering firm, invite three strangers to dinner on Christmas Eve. Only two show up, James and Jean, they fall in love and become friends with their three benefactors...until the latter are killed in a plane crash and come back to their old home as ghosts. In the coming months, true love encounters some rough spots; can ghostly O'Brien help the young folks?
Keywords: afterlife, airplane-crash, aspiring-singer, bowling, business-partner, butler, christmas, christmas-carol, cook, engineerActors: Robert Bolder (actor), John Bowers (actor), Ed Brady (actor), Kathryn McGuire (actress), Jane Murfin (writer), Laurence Trimble (director), William Dyer (actor), Jim Mason (actor), Nelson McDowell (actor), Hal G. Evarts (writer), Strongheart the Dog (actor), H.O. Davis (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Adventure, Family,Actors: Edwin Carewe (director), Francis X. Bushman (actor), Francis X. Bushman (actor), Bryant Washburn (actor), Beverly Bayne (actress), Finis Fox (writer), June Mathis (writer), Harry Northrup (actor), Pauline Dempsey (actress), Anthony Byrd (actor), Maggie Breyer (actress), Walter Broussard (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: James A. Marcus (actor), Raoul Walsh (director), Carrie Clark Ward (actress), Charles Clary (actor), William Farnum (actor), Raoul Walsh (writer), Jewel Carmen (actress), Robert Dunbar (actor), William Eagle Shirt (actor), Henry Christeen Warnack (writer), Chester B. Clapp (writer), Little Bear (actor), Owen Jones (actor), William Chisolm (actor), Chief Birdhead (actor),
Genres: Biography, Western,
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