Texas - Political   Capital Austin Largest City Houston Major Cities San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso, Waco, Arlington, Galveston, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Laredo, Amarillo, Lubbock, Abilene, Wichita Falls, Midland, Odessa, Texarkana Nicknames Lone Star State Area 267,338 sq. miles Population 20,851,820

 

Texas - Physical features   Mountain Ranges Santiago Mts, Davis Mts, Guadalupe Mts Plateaus/Escarpments Edwards Plateau, Llano Estacado, Balcones Escarpment Plains Great Plains, High Plains Inlets/Bodies of water Laguna Madre, Galveston Bay, Toledo Bend Reservoir Rivers Rio Grande, Pecos, Brazos, Red, Colorado, Sabine, Canadian, Guadalupe, Nueces, Trinity Highest Point Guadalupe Peak Islands Galveston Island, Padre Island, Matagorda Island Bordering States New Mexico (west), Oklahoma (north), Arkansas (northeast), Louisiana (east), Mexico- Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (south) National Parks Guadalupe Mountains NP, Big Bend NP Key Products Petroleum, Cotton, Chemicals, Cattle, Grain, Beef Natural Resources Oil

 

Texas - History   1821 Becomes part of Mexico 1836 Independent Republic of Texas proclaimed with Sam Houston as president 1845 Admitted as the 28th state 1846-1848 Mexican War 1901 Oil discovered near Beaumont, in eastern Texas, leading to the openings of vast oil refineries Present Day Houston is a center for space research, being home to the Lyndon.B.Johnson Space Center.

 

Texas - Facts   Texas ranks second in both area and population. Texas is the largest state by area in the contigiuos United States The Alamo is located in San Antonio Texas has more counties than any other state, 254 in all Texas produces more cotton and oil than any other state Houston is the fourth largest city in the country. Oil and Cotton are the primary economic products of eastern and northern Texas Brownsville is Texas’s southernmost city and the terminus of the Intracoastal Waterway, which runs for 3000 miles from Boston and Key West Cattle ranching is the primary occupation of the Rio Grande valley in southern and southwestern Texas Texas produces more beef than any other state The Balcones Escarpment marks the western edge of the Gulf Coastal Plain, where it meets the Edwards Plateau in Texas Six national flags have flown over Texas during the course of its history: Spanish, French, Mexican, Texan, Confederate, and American The Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the US