"Texas by Ossi" Texas by Ossi.P

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Texas, the "Lone Star State" has quite an eventful history. As you can see on the map it was ruled under 6 different flags: the Spanish, French, Mexican, its own, the Confederate and, finally, the flag of the USA!

Texas gained its independece on March 2nd 1836, after Sam Houston's army bet the Mexicans. The independenca lasted until February 16th 1845, when Texas became the 28th state of the USA!

Today Texas is the 2rd largest state of the USA with a population of over 18 million. It is famous for its ranching, farming and of course petroleum.-----

State name : from "tejas"...Indian word meaning friendly -
State bird : Mockingbird -
State fish : Guadalupe Bass -
State insect : Monarch Butterfly -
State reptile : Horned Lizard -
State large mammal : Texas Longhorn -
State small mammal : Armadillo -
State tree : Pecan -
State flower : Bluebonnet -
State plant : Prickly Pear Cactus -
State gem : Texas Blue Topaz -
State dish : Chili -
State pepper : Jalapeño -
State fruit : Texas Red Grapefruit -
State folk dance : Square Dance -
...huhhhhh...so many things...isn't there something missing? Maybe the state toilet paper...:-)?
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Last visit to Texas: Apr 1999
Intro Written Apr 22, 2001
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Helga67 Apr 2, 2002 at 9:36 AM

Love to go there one day
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patrikske Nov 30, 2001 at 1:03 PM

Great Texas page !
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Alphons Oct 30, 2001 at 3:19 PM

very nice page.
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Krystynn Apr 25, 2001 at 5:53 AM

I`ll be back. What were u doing in Texas? :-))
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bigsky Apr 22, 2001 at 4:04 PM

weatherfreak? good start!