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Texas
(
TEK
-s?ss
,
TEK
-siz
;
Spanish
:
Texas
or
Tejas
,
pronounced
[?texas]
) is the most populous
state
in the
South Central
region of the
United States
. It borders
Louisiana
to the east,
Arkansas
to the northeast,
Oklahoma
to the north,
New Mexico
to the west, and the
Mexican states
of
Chihuahua
,
Coahuila
,
Nuevo Leon
, and
Tamaulipas
to the south and southwest. Texas has a coastline on the
Gulf of Mexico
to the southeast. Covering 268,596 square miles (695,660 km
2
), and with over 30 million residents as of 2023, it is the second-largest
U.S. state
by both
area
and
population
.
Texas is nicknamed the
Lone Star State
for its former status as
an independent republic
. The
Lone Star
can be found on the Texas state flag and the Texas state seal.
Spain
was the
first European country
to claim and control the area of Texas. Following
a short-lived colony
controlled by France, Mexico controlled the territory until 1836 when Texas won its independence, becoming the
Republic of Texas
. In 1845, Texas joined the United States as the 28th state. The
state's annexation
set off a chain of events that led to the
Mexican?American War
in 1846. Following victory by the United States, Texas remained a
slave state
until the
American Civil War
, when it declared its secession from
the Union
in early 1861 before officially joining the
Confederate States of America
on March
2. After the Civil War and the restoration of its representation in the federal government, Texas entered a long period of economic stagnation.
Historically, four major industries shaped the
Texas economy
prior to
World War II
: cattle and bison, cotton, timber, and oil. Before and after the Civil War, the cattle industry?which Texas came to dominate?was a major economic driver and created the traditional image of the Texas cowboy. In the later 19th century, cotton and lumber grew to be major industries as the cattle industry became less lucrative. Ultimately, the discovery of major
petroleum
deposits (
Spindletop
in particular) initiated
an economic boom
that became the driving force behind the economy for much of the 20th century. Texas developed a diversified economy and
high tech
industry during the mid-20th century. , it has the most
Fortune
500
company headquarters (53) in the United States. With a growing base of industry, the state leads in many industries, including
tourism
,
agriculture
,
petrochemicals
,
energy
,
computers
and
electronics
,
aerospace
, and
biomedical sciences
. Texas has led the U.S. in
state export revenue
since 2002 and has the
second-highest
gross state product
. (
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)
The University of Texas at Austin
(
UT Austin
,
UT
, or
Texas
) is a
public
research university
in
Austin, Texas
. It is the
flagship institution
of the
University of Texas System
. With 52,384 students as of Fall 2022, it is also the largest institution in the system.
Founded in 1883, UT Austin is considered a
Public Ivy
. The university is a major center for academic research, with research expenditures totaling $1.06 billion for fiscal year 2023. It joined the
Association of American Universities
in 1929. The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
and the
Blanton Museum of Art
, and operates various auxiliary research facilities, such as the
J. J. Pickle Research Campus
and the
McDonald Observatory
. (
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)
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Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
(born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He is the recipient of
various accolades
, including a
Primetime Emmy Award
, in addition to nominations for three
Academy Awards
and four
Golden Globe Awards
. Harrelson first became known for his role as bartender
Woody Boyd
on the
NBC
sitcom
Cheers
(1985?1993), for which he won a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
from five nominations. He reprised his role in the acclaimed spinoff series
Frasier
in 1999 for which he received a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
nomination.
Harrelson received three Academy Award nominations:
Best Actor
for
The People vs. Larry Flynt
(1996), and
Best Supporting Actor
for both
The Messenger
(2009) and
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
(2017). Other notable films include
White Men Can't Jump
(1992),
Natural Born Killers
(1994),
The Thin Red Line
(1998),
Play It to the Bone
(1999),
No Country for Old Men
(2007),
Seven Pounds
(2008),
Zombieland
(2009),
Rampart
(2011),
Seven Psychopaths
(2012),
Now You See Me
(2013),
The Edge of Seventeen
(2016),
LBJ
(2016),
War for the Planet of the Apes
(2017),
Solo: A Star Wars Story
(2018),
The Highwaymen
(2019),
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(2021), and
Triangle of Sadness
(2022). He also played
Haymitch Abernathy
in
The Hunger Games
film series
(2012?2015). (
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)
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User:JimIrwin
Texas state population density map based on Census 2000 data.
Sugar Land
(sometimes spelled as
Sugarland
) is the largest city in
Fort Bend County, Texas
, United States, located in the southwestern part of the
Houston?The Woodlands?Sugar Land
metropolitan area. Located about 19 miles (31 km) southwest of
downtown Houston
, Sugar Land is a populous suburban municipality centered around the junction of
Texas State Highway 6
and
Interstate 69
/
U.S. Route 59
.
Beginning in the 19th century, the present-day Sugar Land area was home to a large
sugar plantation
situated in the fertile
floodplain
of the
Brazos River
. Following the consolidation of local plantations into
Imperial Sugar Company
in 1908, Sugar Land grew steadily as a
company town
and
incorporated
as a city in 1959. Since then, Sugar Land has grown rapidly alongside other
edge cities
around Houston, with large-scale development of
master-planned communities
contributing to population swells since the 1980s. (
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List of cities
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- Houston
- Dallas
- Marshall, Texas
- Austin, Texas
- San Antonio
- Amarillo, Texas
- Arlington, Texas
- Beaumont, Texas
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- El Paso, Texas
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Midland, Texas
- Waco, Texas
- Tyler, Texas
- Lubbock, Texas
- Irving, Texas
- San Angelo, Texas
- Brownsville, Texas
- Grand Prairie, Texas
- Abilene, Texas
- Wichita Falls, Texas
- Richardson, Texas
- McAllen, Texas
- Denton, Texas
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The following are images from various Texas-related articles on Wikipedia.
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Image 1
The Viceroyalty of
New Spain
in 1819 (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 2
French Texas in 1685 consisted of Fort St. Louis on Matagorda Bay. (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 3
Mission Concepcion
is one of the San Antonio missions which is part of a
National Historic Landmark
. (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 5
Big Tex
, the mascot of the State Fair of Texas since 1952 (from
Culture of Texas
)
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Image 7
Spanish Texas in 1794 (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 8
Captain
Charles A. May
's squadron of the 2d Dragoons slashes through the Mexican Army lines. Resaca de la Palma, Texas, May 1846 (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 9
Spanish missions within the boundaries of what is now the state of Texas. (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 10
The Spanish flag of Burgundy. (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 11
The "Lone Star" Belle, postcard, around 1908. (from
Culture of Texas
)
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Image 12
1913 cotton harvest in East Texas (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 13
Sam Houston
served as the first and third president of the
Republic of Texas
and seventh
governor of Texas
. (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 14
A factory worker in
Fort Worth, Texas
, 1942 (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 15
Boom periods of the four major industries that built the early Texas economy. (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 17
The Republic of Texas. The present-day outlines of the U.S. states (white lines) are superimposed on the boundaries of 1836?1845. (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 18
First Day of Passenger Service, Dallas & Sherman Interurban Railroad 1908 (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 19
President
John F. Kennedy
in the presidential limousine, minutes before his assassination (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 20
Comancheria before 1850.
(from
History of Texas
)
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Image 21
The French flag of the
Bourbons
(from
History of Texas
)
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Image 22
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad --the "Katy"--was the first railroad to enter Texas from the north (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 23
Company D,
Texas Rangers
, at
Realitos
in 1887 (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 24
Mexican Texas in 1833 (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 25
Territories of some Native American tribes in Texas ~1500CE (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 26
Texas in 1718,
Guillaume de L'Isle
map, approximate state area highlighted, northern boundary was indefinite. (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 28
Stephen F. Austin
, known as the "Father of Texas." (from
History of Texas
)
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Image 29
The
Praetorian Building
in Dallas, completed 1909, was the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi and the tallest in Texas. (from
History of Texas
)
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