Texas State Information Guide

Capital: Austin

December 29, 1845 (28th state)

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The Republic of Texas achieved its independence from Mexico in 1836, the same year as the famous siege of the Alamo in which pioneers Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were slain. The "Lone Star State" was the 28th state to join the Union, admitted on December 29, 1845. The capitol is Austin. The name Texas is a Spanish name, which comes from an Indian word meaning "friends" or "allies." Texas is the second-largest state in the Union in area, after Alaska. Although it has a wild, frontier history, today Texas is a major producer of oil and has important centers of industry and finance. A Texas state historian has said that the state flower of Texas, the bluebonnet, "is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland."

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Air Force, Amphibian, Artist, Artist Caricature, Bird, Bluebonnet City, Bluebonnet Festival, Bluebonnet Trail, Bread, Cooking Implement, Dinosaur (Old), Dinosaur (New), Dish, Dog Breed, Fibre and Fabric, Fish, Flag, Flower, Flower Song, Flying Mammal, Folk Dance, Fruit, Gemstone, Gemstone Cut, Grass, Health Nut, Horse, Insect, Large Mammal, Motto, Musician, Musical Instrument, Native Pepper, Native Shrub, Nicknames, Pastries, Pepper, Pie, Plant, Plays, Pledge to Flag, Poet Laureate, Quarter, Reptile, Saltwater Fish, Seal, Shell, Ship, Shrub, Small Mammal, Snack, Song, Sport, Stone, Symbolic Capitals, Tall Ship, Tartan, Tejano Music Hall of Fame, Three-dimensional media Artist, (See Artist), Tree, Two-dimensional media Artist, (See Artist), Vegetable, Vehicle

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