I have fancied putting togehter a geo art for a while now & being as the old series is a bit tired, had a chat with USAndy to do this re-run. This is a one of a series of 50 puzzle caches that will take you around the town of Thornbury. All puzzles are so easy to solve we have made the D rating a 1 on most, as the hides are easy to find as well.
All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.
To help you navigate the public footways around this area, the Explorer 167 map will be helpful.
The whole walk in one go will be no less than 12 miles, depending on other caches you can grab on the way round. There is a bonus cache as before.
Please see number 1 USA Mega series re-run #1; Alabama for car parking, if you need it.
TEXAS
- Origin of name: From a Hasinai Indian word, ”Tejas”, which means friends or allies
- Capital: Austin
- Largest city: Houston
- Population: 26,448,193 (2013 est). Ranked 2nd in the US.
- Nicknames: The Loan star state
- Highest point: Guadalupe peak, 8,751 ft
- Admission to union: December 29th, 1845 (28th)
- State motto: Friendship
- State song: Texas, our Texas
- State tree: Pecan
- State flower: Bluebonnet
- State bird: Mockingbird
- Area: 268,581 sq mi. Ranked 2nd in the US.
Did you know……...
1) The Alamo is located in San Antonio. It is where Texas defenders fell to Mexican General Santa Anna and the phrase Remember the Alamo originated. The Alamo is considered the cradle of Texas liberty and the state's most popular historic site.
2) The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
3) The first suspension bridge in the United States was the Waco Bridge. Built in 1870 and still in use today as a pedestrian crossing of the Brazos River.
4) Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.
5) The state's cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million.
To solve this one name the state Flower.
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