Texas State Project By:Cheyenne Glennon

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Texas State Project ByCheyenne Glennon
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LOCATION!!

• 30N,100W
• South of Oklahoma
• North of Mexico
• East of New Mexico
• West of Louisiana

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Cities!!

• Austin is the Capital.

Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Fort Worth,
Dallas, Corpus Christi are major Cities. There
are 254 Counties.
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State Plants!!

• The State Flower is the Bluebonnet.
• The State Tree is the Pecan Tree.
• The State Fruit is the Red Grapefruit.
• The State Vegetable is the Sweet Onion

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Resources! !
Texas is the top state in producing oil.
Texas is also 1 in rising beef cattle growing
cotton.
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State Animals
The State Bird is the Mockingbird
The State Large Mammal is the Longhorn
The State small Mammal is the Armadillo
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About Texas! !

• The Statehood is that Texas is became our 28th
  State on Dec. 29th 1845.
• The Lone Star State is the nickname of Texas.
• Texas had 6 flags flow over it.

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Famous Texans

• Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson
  Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• Rogers Hornsby Ernie Banks were famous baseball
  players born in Texas.

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How many People are There?!!?

• There were about 20,946,503 in 2000.
• There were about 21,325,018 in 2001

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Regions of Texas!!

• Texas has about EVERY kind of scenery.
• A few kinds of scenery are the flat valleys,the
  beaches,the stony deserts,and the towering
  mountains

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Texas Six Flags

• The reason there are 6 flags is because Spain
  ruled Texas, then French colonist settled in the
  gulf region. When they left Spain ruled again.
  Then Mexico broke free from Spain and claimed
  Texas. The Texans didnt like Mexico's rules.
  They fought a war and won their independence.
  Texas was its own Country. They did not have
  enough money and were scared of being attacked
  again, so on Dec. 29th 1845 Texas joined the
  United States as the 28th state.

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Famous Places to Visit
Six Flags over Texas Park Fiesta Texas (amusement
park) Sea World The Alamo Beaches Deserts Mountain
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Other Facts
Houston is home to the Kennedy Space Center. The
Kennedy Center is in charge of the Space Shuttle
while in space.
The last battle of the war against the Mexicans
was fought at the Alamo in San Antonio
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Current Event
The U.S made an agreement this month with Mexico.
Mexico will release about 129,551 acre-feet of
water into the Rio Grande from their reservoirs
to aid the south Texas farmers with irrigation.
The U.S will give about 1.5 million acre-feet
from Colorado River to Mexico as payment. Mexico
has failed to give 1.5 million acre-feet in the
last decade. The U.S has scheduled a talk with
the government of Mexico to see what the problem
is with the water. (1 acre foot 325,851
gallons)
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Another Event
The Columbia Space Shuttle broke apart over
Texas Sat.morning 2\2\03 . There is debris is
mostly in eastern Texas counties. There were 7
astronauts 5 men 2 women they were all killed .
A little bit of debris fell in Louisiana.
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Have a Good Day!!!
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