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' tejas meaning friend or ally SIX Sixgreat Sixgreat great eat flags have flown over the stateSpanish stateSpanish state -Spanish Spanish - - Spanish French Mexican Repub RepublIc RepubBc RepubUc lIc Bc of Texas Confederate and andUruted andUnited andUnited Uruted United States But no one nabon nation nabonbu nationbuilt nationbuilt I bu built t Texas or developed it It was wasbuilt wasbuilt wasbuilt built by the Texans a breed apart apartThey apartThey apartThey They conquered it and they made madeit madeit madeit I it over to suit their taste They d d dIt dit dit It with rifles six shooters and bowie bowieSan bowiexd I . a o- o - or -xd xd - xda . i I r x xtb tb tbY Y Ii ' w3A ) r , r Kyf CP m A Asa sa sae e saSan San Jacuito Jacmto Monumentkn Monument Monumentkn kn ves yes with corn cotton cattle and andbarbed andbarbed andbarbed barbed wire with books and BIbles BIblesschools Biblesschools Biblesschools schools and churches with sugar sugarmIlls sugarmills sugarmills mIlls gin mills sawmills with all oil alldnlls oildrills oildrills dnlls drills and oil 011 refinenesThe refineriesThe refineries refinenes refineriesThe The first settlers found an acre acreage acreage acreage age that was unlimited soil that thatwas thatwas thatwas was fertile a climate that was wascaressing wascaressing 'caressmg caressmg ' was'caressmg caressing a land abundant in na natural natural tural resources reaniirr < < ! So Rft thov c t + w t-lr t lr - and gave Texas its traditions Its Itsculture itsculture itsculture culture its costumes and custO'TlS custOTlS custO'TlSIts custo custo-nsits custo nsits ' - ns nsits Its manner ofspeech of speech its swagger swaggerItS swaggerits swaggerits ItS reputation They gave it big hats hatshandsome handsome riding ndmg boots sheriffs shenfTs and andTexas Texas RangersTexas RangersTexas Rangers RangersTexas Texas is a mighty empire of the thesouthwest thesouthwest thesouthwest supertaxesIt esIt superlatsesIt southwest a land ot of superlatses superlat \ es It sprawls huge across the map sniffing mapsniffing breezes from the Gulf of Me Meuco ofMexico ofMe ofMeuco .1Co 1Co > . , and ozone laden air from the theRocky Rocky coastalPlain mountains mountams It has its coastal coastalplam coastalplain plam plain its central plains plams and western hIgh westernhigh fromsea plains rang ng InaIt In alt aIt tude from sea level to 4 700 feet - and peaks peakspoint point ng even h gher There are 800 long 800long miles between the semi tropl tropi cal tropical troplcal Rio Grande and the northern northernborder border and the greatest d stanceeast stance stanceeast stanceeast east Watercovers and west is 775 miles Water Texasw covers 3 498 square miles of Texas Texasw w th plenty of dry land left Texas Texashas has 254 counties Som some of them I themlarge large enough to be states ' ' Along the Sabne Sab ne river on the east the eastthe annual rainfall ramfall 13 IS 55 inches mches El E1 ElPaso E1Paso I seldomfalls Paso has haos only 9 inches Snow seldom falls in most of the state 3 feet of It ofit altltudes altitudes altlhides has been bcen kno vn in the h gh alti altl tudes hides of west Texas Wheat , grows growsm growsin growsin m in the temperate north oranges and andgrapefruit andgrapefruit andgrapefruit grapefruit in the subtropIcalsouth subtropical south I I I . . i I and corn and cotton in between No Noone Noone ' one can predict when the norther northera a sharp cold wind wmd will stnke strike stnkeI stnkeany strikeany strikeany any part of the state Nearly a mll mil mlllion million million lion acres are Irrigated andsuch and such suchcities suchcities suchcities cities as San Antonio Antonlo Houston Gal Galveston Galveston Galveston veston and El Paso get their water waterI waterfrom waterfrom waterfrom from artesian wells There are 230 230kinds 230kinds 230kinds kinds of fish in lakes la1res and streams streamsand streamsand streamsand and 4 000 different d1fferent wild flowers bIos blos bIosI blossom blossom som within its bordersBetween bordersBetween borders bordersBetween I bordersI Between the twisted salt cedarsof cedars cedarsof cedarsof of the Gulf coast and the desert desertI desertreaches desertreaches rea"hes reahes reaches " of ocotillo ocotlllo and sotol in the thev thewest thewest v . west est there are 12 million ml1lon ! a acres cres of ofcommercIal ofcommercial ofcommercial I commercIal forests 550 kinds kmds of ofgrasses ofgrasses ofgrasses grasses and 100 \ varieties arietIes arleties of cac eec eectus cactus tus There are all gators on the thei thecoast thecoast thecoast coast , , homed horned toads In the desert desertand desertand desertand desertI and rattlesnakes wherever you find findthem findthem findthem them Once 60 million buffalo grazed grazedin grazedin grazedin in Texas and it still kno vs the thearmadillo thearmadillo thearmadillo armadillo chaparral bird and road roadrunner roadrunner roadrunner roadrunnerHere runner runnerHere Here is a land of forest and des desert desert desert ert of fertile fields and jaggedmounta jaggedmounta jagged jaggedmounta mounta ns as of rolling rollmg praIrIes praIrIessleepy prairiessleepy prairiessleepy sleepy rivers and wide Gulf beach beaches beachas beaches es as And here Texans created Hous Houston Houston Houston ton with its 50 mile ship channel to tothe tothe tothe the GuU Gulf San Antonio s ancIent ancIenthouses ancienthouses ancienthouses houses with yard thick adobe adobewalls adobewalls adobewalls walls - and skyscrapers Dallas Dallasthe Dallasthe Dallasthe the city of the north Fort Worth Worththe Worththe Worththe the cow town to\vn to vn \ Austin Austm the capItal capItalGalveston capitalGalveston capitalGalveston Galveston picturesque port and andbeach andbeach andbeach beach El Paso w th American en energy energy energy ergy and Mexican color It Is su t table table table . able that there should be added addedsuch addedsuch such as Randolph field the West WestPomt WestPoint WestPoint Pomt Point of the air corps and Fort FortSam FortSam i Sam Houston the army s largest largestpost largestpost , post O Oil v . wells ells have brought scores scoresDf scoresof scoresof Df of El Dorados to the state and andTexas andTexas andTexas Texas natural gas is p ped to Col Colorado Colorado Colorado orado Kansas Wyoming Wyommg lo 10 Io vdMinnesota Vd VdMinnesota VdMinnesota Minnesota \ Missouri l\hssourl l hssourl Illinois IllmOls If the thegas thegas thegas gas ever runs out plenty of coal re remams remains remains remainsQuotations mams mains mamsQuotations mainsQuotations Quotations like these tell the thestory thestory thestory story of ot Texas Teas , Who 11 II go mth wIth old oldBen oldBen oldBen Ben BIilam MIlam Into San Antonio9 AntolUo Antomo9 " I m mgomg mgoing mgoing gomg going to Tevas Te\as Te as Texas ' \ : - to fight for my myrIghts myrights myrights rIghts a Tennessean on his way wayto wayto wayto to jom JOW 10111 Texas War tor for Independence Independ Independence Independence ence ' The 'Ille Ille Americans were so stub stubborn stubborn stubborn born that not one of them would sur surrender surrender surrender render Gen Santanna Santa 'Ynna Ynna \nna nna 9nna ' \ ' RIde RIdelike Ridelike Ridelike like Mexicans rIe\1cans rIe 1cans rlexicans " \ shoot like Tcnnes Tennes Tcnnesseans Tennesseans Tcnnesscans seans and fight like the devil the theTexas theTexas theTexas Texas : Rangers Thermopylae Thermopjlae bad had badIts hadits hadits Its messenger of defeat tl tI U e a Alamo Alamohad Alamohad Alamohad had none inscnpt inscript on Remcm Remem y yr aw k F4 F4e r y /e- e / ey - y < y\\ y \ ft \ t . < T . y\ y \ \M M \ M Mf yM wN ywN wNr r -f f - sj % Est 4 4IA vf ' " -Mb Mb iMb w i - - i 'y y ' > & . \ \ 1 y\f/- y f yf9 / - 9 \ is isa isw ist IA ' ' . * f 'Yr Yr ' Mr a ti " av w y avy ' t , , w - w , V lTir lTirN N , 1 fd p pGOVERNOR GOVERNOR COKE STEVENSON STEVENSO STEVENSONA A freight wagon operator at a age ase16 : e 16 Coke Stevenson has been bank banker banker banker er lawyer county attorney coun town county townty county ty judge state legislator and andlieutenant andlieutenant andlieutenant lieutenant governor govcrnor and governor governorof of Tc\as Tc as Tc\.as Tc.as .as Tcxas Tcxasber Tcasher \ ' . her ber the Alamo ' Remember RememberGollad RememberGoliad RememberGollad Gollad Goliad Sam Houston The Repub Republie Republic Republie lie lic of Texas is no more Anson AnsonJones AnsonJones AnsonJones AnsonJonesThe Jones JonesThe The shrine shnne of Texas Is the Alamo Alamowhere Alamowhere Alamowhere where 182 men including includmg TravIs TravIsCrockett TravisCrockett TravisCrockett Crockett Bowie and Bonham re refused refused refused fused to escape or surrender At AtGohad AtGoliad AtGoliad Gohad Goliad a Texas force under Fan Fannm Fanam Fannm nm am surrendered and was massa massacred massacred massacred cred At San Jacinto Jacmto the furIous furIousTexans furiousTexans furiousTexans Texans under Sam Houston m in 20 20rrmutes 20minutes 20mnutes rrmutes minutes shattered Santa Anna s sarmj sarmy sarm armj army > and won independence mdependence for forTexas forTexas forTexas forTexasTexas Texas TexasTexas Texas still in m co vboy boots has hasIts hasits hasits Its great trading tradmg centers and sea seaports seaports seaports ports its flying flymg fields and oil all der derrIcks derricks derneks rIcks its mines mmes and fields and cat cattIe cattie cattie tIe ranges It retains retams its old flavor flavorbut flavorbut flavorbut but comb nes the glories glones of its past pastwIth pastwith pastwith wIth new energ es and new honzons horizons horizonsIn honzonsIn In agriculture industry mdustry culture and andrecreation andrecreation andrecreation recreation the Texas trad t on ofbiggest ofbiggest of ofbiggest biggest and best is making makmg new newstndes newstrides newstrides newstridesThere stndes strides stndesThere stridesThere There is JS only one Texas-It Texas It Texas - it is the thee theexpansive theexpansive e .panSlVe panSlVe expansive > . friendly hospitable and andprogressIve andprogressive andprogressive progressIve Texas we all know i hr i s i is s y ty w wder , der der4i 4i t tM ta ti t4r a M i 4r F Grapefruit Bowl Lower Rio Grande ncar near McAllen Te\.as Te.as Te .as as Texas ' \ . |