Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaaetia e ngā tāngata o Harris County te hanganga o te tauranga hou i te tau 1909, e whakapono ana ka pai ake te mahi a te tauranga o roto ki te rohe i muri i te whakangaromanga o te
Ko Galveston Hurricane o te tau 1900. I whakatuwherahia e te Perehitini Woodrow Wilson te tauranga ki te hokohoko hei Tauranga Ao o Houston me Buffalo Bayou i te Noema 10, 1914. I nga tau 1930 ka noho te Tauranga hei kaupapa mo te pakanga mahi, i etahi wa he kaha nga pakanga i waenga i nga kaikawe me nga mana whakahaere, i te 1935 Gulf Coast longshoremen's strike and the 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike among other incidents.