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A Favorite Quote

By John Steinbeck
"Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession.
Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word."




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Texas State Symbols


Bird: Mockingbird (officially recognized by the state legislature in 1927 at the request of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs)


Flower: Bluebonnet (adopted in 1901, at the request of the Society of Colonial Dames in Texas)


Tree: Pecan (adopted in 1919)

Flag: Known as the Lone Star Flag (adopted Jan. 25, 1839, as the Republic of Texas flag)

Gem: Blue Topaz ("Lone Star Cut")

Grass: Sideoats grama (adopted in 1971)

Motto: Friendship (adopted in 1930)

Nickname: The Lone State State

Song: "Texas, Our Texas" by William J. Marsh (adopted in 1929)


Folk Dance: Square dance (adopted in 1991)
 Mural by Jenne Magafan, 1941

Fish: Guadalupe bass (adopted in 1989)

Dish: Chili (adopted in1977)

Fruit:Texas red grapefruit (adopted in 1993)

Seashell: lightning whelk, foundonly on the Gulf Coast (adopted in 1987)

Insect: Monarch butterfly (adopted in 1995)

Mammal: Texas Longhorn

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GENEALOGY
Genealogy In Texas
It Ain't Always
The Same

Our Family Trees

Links To Texas
Genealogy

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Waller County, Texas.
A History and Genealogy
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