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The Houston Museum of Natural Science (abbreviated as HMNS) is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States.The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, an organization whose goals were to provide a free institution for the people of Houston focusing on education and science.
George Observatory 1989 Brazos Bend State Park, near Houston, Texas, US Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) 1995 Pune, Maharashtra, India Gifford Observatory: 1912 Wellington, New Zealand Girawali Observatory: 2006 Pune, Maharashtra, India Glen D. Riley Observatory: 1973 Naperville, Illinois, US Godlee Observatory: 1902 Manchester, England, UK
The George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB), opened on September 26, 1987, [2] is located on the east side of Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The center was named for internationally recognized entrepreneur, engineer, civic leader, philanthropist and Houstonian George R. Brown (1898–1983).
One of Houston's oldest public parks, Hermann Park was created on acreage donated to the City of Houston by cattleman, oilman and philanthropist George H. Hermann (1843–1914). The land was formerly the site of his sawmill. [7] It was first envisioned as part of a comprehensive urban planning effort by the city of Houston in the early 1910s. [4]
George Bush Park is a county park in Houston, Texas, United States, located on the far west side of the city. Situated entirely within Barker Reservoir , a large flood control structure, the park covers 7,800 acres (32 km 2 ), most of which is undeveloped forest used for the storage of floodwater. [ 2 ]
Number 10.Roads made on iced over lakes. Getting supplies to the people living in remote northwestern Canada is often done by plane, but heavier items need to be taken by truck.
A true-color image of Greater Houston. Astronaut photograph of Houston at night. Map of the Houston city limits. Houston, the most populous city in the Southern United States, is located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston.
This is a list of solved missing person cases of people who went missing in unknown locations or unknown circumstances that were eventually explained by their reappearance or the recovery of their bodies, or by either the conviction of the perpetrator(s) responsible for their disappearances, or they confessed to their killings.