Texas

Texas is the second most populous and the second-largest of the 50 states in the United States of America. Texas is associated with the image of the cowboy.
Capital City: Austin 70% of the population of Texas lives within 200 miles of Austin.
Location: 30.305N, 97.750W
Area: 268601 sq.mi., 2nd Land 261914 sq.mi., 2nd Water 6687 sq.mi., 9th
Biographies: Famous Texans
Cities: Texas possessesthree of the Top Ten most populous cities in the U.S. - Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. (as of 2010 census)
Bird: Mockingbird
Border States: Regional List Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma
Climate: Texas's climate varies widely, from arid in the west to humid in the east. Due to its large size, Texas is home to several different climates. There are several distinct regions within the statewhich have varying climates: Northern Plains, Trans-Pecos Region, Texas Hill Country, Piney Woods, and South Texas. Generally speaking, the eastern half of Texas is humid subtropical, while the western half is semi-arid (with some arid regions). While snowfall is more common across northern Texas than southern sections, large snowfall totals have occurred near and along the middle and upper Texascoasts.
Economy: Agriculture: Cattle, cotton, dairy products, nursery stock, poultry, sorghum, corn, wheat.
Industry: Chemical products, petroleum and natural gas, food processing, electric equipment, machinery, mining, tourism.
Flag:
The flag was adopted as the state flag when Texas became the 28th state in 1845. As with the flag of the United States, the blue stands for loyalty, thewhite represents strength, and the red is for bravery.

Flower: Bluebonnet Lupins texensis

Highest Point: Guadalupe Peak; 8,749 feet, 14th. Texas has 90 mountains a mile or more high, with Guadalupe Peak in West Texas at 8,751 feet being the tallest.
History: Historical Civil War
Landforms: Along the Gulf of Mexico coastline the land is flat where bayous, bays, islands and saltwatermarshes dominate the landscape.

From there the land gently rises (central and west) into the rolling hills of the Edwards Plateau, commonly referred to as the Texas Hill Country.

In the far north the Great Plains of North America extend into the edges of the Texas Panhandle to the east of Amarillo; they're fronted in the west by the southeastern edges of the Rocky Mountains.

In the farsouthwest, flat, desert-like conditions are broken by the isolated and rugged peaks of the Davis, Guadalupe and Santiago mountains.




Largest Cities: Houston Dallas San Antonio Austin El Paso Fort Worth Arlington Corpus Christi Plano Garland
Lowest Point: Gulf coast; sea level, 3rd
Motto: Friendship
National Forest: Texas
Nickname: Lone Star State
Origin of state's name: Based on a word usedby Caddo Indians meaning "friends". During the Spanish colonial rule, the area was officially known as the Nuevo Reino de Filipinas: La Provincia de Texas.[15] Antonio Margil de Jesús was known to be the first person to use the name in a letter to the Viceroy of Mexico in July 20, 1716. The name was not popularly used in daily speech but often appeared in legal documents until the end of the 1800s.Population: 25,674,681 (2011) not including the 14 million cattle

Presidental Birthplace:
Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961 {34th}
Born: October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969 {36th}
Born: August 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Texas
Song: Texas, Our Texas 50states List Sheet Music
words by: Gladys Y. Wright and WilliamJ. Marsh
music by: William J. Marsh

Sports: Texas Teams: Dallas Cowboys in football and Texas Rangers in baseball. The stadium is the largest domed stadium in the world, and it has the world's largest column-free interior and the fourth largest high definition video screen, which hangs from 20 yard line to 20 yard line.[15] The facility can also be used for a variety of other...