The Lone Star State:
Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State because of the single star in the Texas State Flag. |
Texas State Flower:
The Texas State Flower is the Bluebonnet. Named for its color and the resemblance of its petal to a woman's sunbonnet, the bluebonnet. It blooms in the early spring and can be readily found in fields and along the roadsides throughout central and south Texas. Scientifically named Lupinus texensis, the bluebonnet is also called buffalo clover, wolf flower, and (by the Mexicans) el conejo. It was adopted as the official state flower by the Texas Legislature in 1901. |
Tyler Municipal Rose Garden:
The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden. It contains 38,000 rose bushes representing 500 varieties of roses set in a 22-acre garden. |
Texas Area:
Texas includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area. |
Apollo 13:
The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston, Texas. |
Texas Cities:
Texas possesses three of the top ten most populous cities in the United States. These towns are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. |
Bats:
More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States. |
Largest Fishing Pier:
Port Lavaca has the world's longest fishing pier. Originally part of the causeway connecting the two sides of Lavaca Bay, the center span of was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961. |
Hotel Over Water:
The Flagship Hotel on Seawall Boulevard in Galveston, Texas is the only hotel in North America built entirely over the water. |
