Texas State Project
By:Cheyenne Glennon
LOCATION!!
•
•
•
•
•
30N,100W
South of Oklahoma
North of Mexico
East of New Mexico
West of Louisiana
Cities!!
Austin is the Capital.
Houston, San Antonio,
El Paso, Fort Worth,
Dallas, Corpus Christi
are major Cities.
There are 254 Counties.
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
Resources! !
Texas is the top state in producing oil.
Texas is also #1 in rising beef cattle
& growing cotton.
State Animals
The State Bird is the Mockingbird
The State Large
Mammal is the
Longhorn
The State small Mammal is the Armadillo
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.
Famous Texans
• Presidents
Lyndon B. Johnson &
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• Rogers Hornsby & Ernie
Banks were famous baseball
players born in Texas.
How many People are There?!!?
• There were about
20,946,503 in 2000.
• There were about
21,325,018 in 2001
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
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 didn’t like Mexico's rules. They fought
a war and won their independence. Texas was it’s
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.
Famous Places to Visit
Six Flags over Texas Park
Fiesta Texas (amusement park)
Sea World
The Alamo
Beaches
Deserts
Mountains
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
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)
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.
Have a Good Day!!!
http://www.stockyard.com/
http://www.50states.com/texas.htm
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/tx_symb.htm
http://www.state.tx.us/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/texas/