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| With my 50 states 50 Days travel partner Haley on day 20 of the big ol' trip in 2007. My first Texas sign photo was taken on US highway 51
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Texahoma in 1991. |
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Website : www.texas.gov |
Capital
: Austin |
Highest
point : Guadalupe
Peak, 8,749 feet |
Area : 268,601 square miles,
2nd largest state. |
Population : 20,851,820
(2000 Census) |
Motto
: Friendship
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Admitted to
Union : December 29, 1845 |
State
Song : "Texas, Our Texas" |
State Bird : Mockingbird |
State Flower : Blue Bonnet
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State Tree : Pecan
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