Texas

Entered the Union: December 29, 1845 (28)

Capital: AustinState Nicknames: Lone Star State

State Motto: FriendshipState Mammal: Texas Longhorn

State Tree: Pecan

State Small Mammal: Armadillo

State Bird: MockingbirdState Song: “ Texas, Our Texas”

State Flower: Bluebonnet

Origin of Name: from a Hasinai Indian word, "Tejas," which means friends or allies.

State Forests: 5 • 

State Parks: 120

Famous for: Houston Space Center, Gulf Coast resorts, The Alamo, oil, rodeos

Famous Texans: Gene Autry (singer/actor), George W. Bush (President and Governor), Dwight David Eisenhower (President and general), General Sam Houston (president of Texas), Howard Hughes (industrialist), Lyndon B. Johnson (President), George Jones, Janis Joplin, Buck Owens, Tex Ritter (singers), Tommy Lee Jones (actor), Scott Joplin (composer), Sandra Day O'Connor (US Supreme Court), Stevie Ray Vaughan (blues)

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