Texas

The Lone Star State

Oil rigs, ranches with miles of land over which cattle roam, music and festivals, nature trails, historic sites, big cities and small town festivals - all this is Texas. If you are looking for a state with art and cultural events, museums, small town friendliness, wilderness areas, hunting, fishing opportunities, music and outdoor activities then you need to take a look at Texas because this state is large and has large offerings for every taste.

In the state of Texas enormous amounts of natural resources are possessed. Texas is a major agricultural state and an industrial giant. Second only to Alaska in land area, it leads all other states in categories such as oil, cattle, sheep and cotton. In addition to these, Texas ranches and farms produce poultry and eggs, dairy products, greenhouse and nursery products, wheat, hay, rice, sugar cane, peanuts and a variety of fruits and vegetables. The state�s valuable resources are sulfur, salt, helium, asphalt, graphite, bromine, natural gas, cement and clays. Chemicals, oil refining, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment are among the other major Texas manufacturing industries.

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Quick Facts

Population: 23,507,783 as of 2006
Land Area: 261,797 sq mi. (678,054 sq km)
Per Capita Personal Income: $37,187 as of 2007
Capital: Austin

Professional Sports Teams

Football: Dallas Cowboys, Huston Texans
Football (AFL): Huston ThunderBears

Basketball: Dallas Mavericks, Huston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs
Basketball (WNBA): Huston Comets

Baseball: Huston Astros, Texas Rangers

Hockey: Dallas Stars

Soccer: Dallas Burn

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That probably no state has a more well-known nickname than Texas - the Lone Star State? ). It represents the symbol on the 1836 Texas Republic flag and on the state flag and seal of today. Despite its prominence, the nickname is purely traditional and has not been enshrined in legislation. Many attempts have been made to apply other nicknames to the state, with various levels of success. Its huge cattle "industry" led it to be known as the Beef State for a while, and its size gave it the Jumbo State.

That Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it? They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.

That the King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island?

That Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer?

That Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state?

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