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Anahuac ( 〔http://www.texastripper.com/pronounce/locations-a.html〕) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the East Houston/ Harris County metropolitan area. The population of the city was 2,243 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Anahuac city, Texas )〕 Anahuac is the seat of Chambers County〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 and is situated in East Texas. The Texas Legislature designated the city as the "Alligator Capital of Texas" in 1989. Anahuac hosts an annual alligator festival.〔Horswell, Cindy. "(Anahuac drowning in budget and water woes )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Monday July 23, 2012. Retrieved on July 25, 2012.〕 == History == The Mexican term ''Anahuac'' comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. The name has various meanings, including "center", "world", and "city", but it also means "capital". Anáhuac is the pre-Columbian name of the Valley of Mexico and its former lake basins around Mexico City, often including the Lerma and Pánuco river systems. Despite the name, neither the city of Anahuac, Texas nor the immediate region were ever part of the Aztec Empire. The first dwellers in this area were the Atakapan people as well as the Caddo. In 1721, Frenchman Jean Baptiste de La Harpe reached this area. In the 19th century the area became known as "Perry's Point", after Colonel Harry Perry, who erected a military post here in 1816. In October 1830, Mexican Colonel Juan Davis Bradburn established a customs post atop the same bluff where Perry had camped. Bradburn's orders specified that the new post would be named Fort Anahuac.〔Henson (1982), p. 51.〕 The soldiers erected two large kilns to produce bricks to build a more permanent fort. Fort Anahuac would still be intact today had it not been for the locals stealing the bricks and using them for their own home construction soon after the Texas Revolution; virtually all bricks were taken and none remain to this day. By March 1831, Anahuac comprised 20 houses and 7 stores.〔Edmondson (2000), p. 147.〕 The town grew quickly. Soldiers were given 25 cents per day to use for food and other supplies, and they spent the money locally. By June 1, the town comprised over 300 civilians and 170 military personnel.〔Epperson (1998), p. 438.〕 Two major events in 1832 and 1835, known as the Anahuac Disturbances (caused mainly by rogue white bandits from the Brazos Valley area), helped to precipitate the Texas Revolution that led to the separation of Texas from Mexico-one being the jailing by Mexican authorities of William Travis for illegal slave importation,〔Tucker (2010), p. 30.〕 and the other being unfair taxation and duties on river traffic to the settlers by the Mexican authorities. In 1862, a small Confederate outpost was established nearby, and the outpost (and Fort Anahuac) played a significant role in the American Civil War. The 1935 discovery of the Anahuac and Monroe City area oil fields brought a period of economic development. The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge was established southeast of the city in 1963 by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. In 1989, the local chamber of commerce organized the first Gatorfest, which attracted 14,000 people into the Fort Anahuac Park and has been held annually since then. The festival has expanded every year since and in 2010 hosted the largest festival, with more than 30,000 people attending. As of 2011 the city has improved rapidly with new storm drainage, new homes (FEMA funding project with mainly Hispanic recipients), a new fuel center/Subway sandwich shop, senior center and several restaurants. A new emergency medical center, car wash and school expansion projects have also improved the community. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anahuac, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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