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All About Texas

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	Past,present,future of the Lone Star State. For residents, those thinking of visiting, or just plain curious about us. Information,history,political/community links. Lots of great pictures.
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REPUBLIC OF TEXAS March 2, 1836-December 29, 1845 Congress adopted a flag and a seal for the new republic. The first national flag had "an azure ground, with a large golden star central." In January of 1839, the flag was redesigned to have a blue perpendicular stripe one-third the its length, a white star with five points in the center of the blue field, and two horizontal stripes of equal width, the upper being white and the lower red. This "Lone Star Flag" remained the state flag after annexation. Provisional governor Smith had used a large overcoat button with a star for a seal. This design led Congress on December 10 to decree that the seal would be circular with a single star and the words "Republic of Texas" encircling it. In 1839 Congress decreed that the seal should include "a white star of five points, on an azure ground, encircled by an olive and live oak branches, and the letters Republic of Texas."

Texas, the Lone Star State, is a giant of a state. And Texans are known for their large, welcoming hearts. "Friendship" is the state's motto, and the people of Texas live by that motto. Texas: Tejas- Based on a word used by Caddo Indians meaning "friends" Texas includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area. Population: 22,490,022 State bird:Mockingbird State song:Texas, Our Texas State flower:Bluebonnet State tree: pecan Highest Peak: 8,749 feet to lowest:sea level Coastline: 367-mile The longest straight-line distance in a general north-south direction is 801 miles from the northwest corner of the Panhandle to the extreme southern tip of Texas on the Rio Grande below Brownsville. The greatest east-west distance is 773 miles from the extreme eastward bend in the Sabine River in Newton County to the extreme western bulge of the Rio Grande just above El Paso. The southern border is the Rio Grande which is 1,254 miles Northern border is the Red River which is 726 miles

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