John Cornyn (R) Texas is a state located in the United States of America. The 28th U.S. state, Texas joined the United States in 1845, after nine years of self governing. Its postal abbreviation is TX. The state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, táyshaʔ (or tejas, as the Spaniards spelled it), meaning friends or allies. Spanish explorers mistakenly applie ...

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Spanish Texas is the name given by Texas History scholars for the period between 1690—1821 when Texas was governed as a province of the Spanish colony of New Spain. This period begins with the expedition of the governor of Coahuila to destroy the ruins of the French colony of Fort Saint Louis and establish a Spanish presence in the area, and ends with the independence of Mexico in 1821, facilitating Mexican Texas. In the 17th and 18th centuries Spain and France maneuvered for control of Texas, with the Spanish based in Mexico and Ne ...

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Austin, Texas - Early settlers. For several hundred years before the arrival of European settlers, the area around present-day Austin was inhabited by a mixture of Tonkawa, Comanche, and Lipan Apache Indians, who fished and hunted along the creeks, including present-day Barton Springs. In the late 1700s the Spanish set up temporary missions in the area, later moving to San Antonio. Austin ...

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Texas can claim that "Six Flags" have flown over its soil: the Fleur-de-lis of France, and the national flags of Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. Native American tribes who once lived inside the boundaries of present-day Texas include Apache, Atakapan, Bidai, Caddo, Comanche, Cherokee, Kiowa, Tonkawa, and Wichita. Currently, there are three federally recognized Native American tribes which reside in Texas: the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe ...

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Texas can claim that "Six Flags" have flown over its soil: the Fleur-de-lis of France, and the national flags of Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. Native American tribes that once lived inside the boundaries of present-day Texas include Apache, Atakapan, Bidai, Caddo, Comanche, Cherokee, Kiowa, Tonkawa, and Wichita. Currently, there are three federally recognized Native American tribes which reside in Texas: the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, and th ...

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Location within the state of Texas Amarillo is the county seat of Potter CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Texas within the West Texas region. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 173,627 (though a July 1, 2004 estimate placed the city's population at 180,791). The Amarillo metropolitan area, however, ha ...

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Location in the state of Texas The City of Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Austin has a population of 656,562 people, making it the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th largest in the United States. A 2004 U.S. Census estimate placed the population of the city at 681,804. Situated in the region of Central Texas, the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area is one of the fastest-growing in the United States and is home t ...

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Warren is a village in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Tyler County (32°32′N 94°54′W). Its population as of the 1990 U.S. Census was 250. Its ZIP code is 77664. Warren was also the name of a town in Texas, the site of Fort Warren in the early 1800s. It was in present-day Fannin County near the border with Grayson County on the Red River. Warren was the county seat of Fannin County when that county was established in 1837. However when the county seat was moved to Bonham in 1843, Warren began a period of decline ...

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Anna is a city located in Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,225. Anna Texas - Geography. Anna is located at 33°21'1" North, 96°33'3" West (33.350308, -96.550762)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.3 km² (1.7 mi²). 4.3 km² (1.7 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. Anna Texas - Demographics. As of the census ...

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Cactus is a city located in Moore County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,538. Cactus Texas - Geography. Cactus is located at 36°2'46" North, 102°0'8" West (36.046124, -102.002251)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²). 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. Cactus Texas - Demographics. As of th ...

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Location within the state of Texas Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 332,969 (though a July 1, 2004 estimate placed the city's population at 359,467) and is the seventh-largest city in the state. Arlington is home to the Texas Rangers, Ameriquest Field in Arlington, the theme parks Six Flags Over Texas & Hurricane Harbor, future home to the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium, and is appr ...

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Center is a city located in Shelby County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,678. It is the county seat of Shelby CountyGR6. Center Texas - Geography. Center is located at 31°47'37" North, 94°10'42" West (31.793705, -94.178463)GR1. Center is seventeen miles from the Louisiana border and 118 miles north of Beaumont at the center of Shelby County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has ...

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The first declaration of independence for modern Texas, by both Anglo-Texan settlers and local Tejanos, was signed in Goliad on December 20, 1835. The Texas Declaration of Independence was enacted at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, effectively creating the Republic of Texas. Four days later, the two-week long Battle of the Alamo ended as Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna's forces defeated the nearly 200 Texans defending the small mission (which would eventually become the center of the city of San Antonio). Re ...

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Houston Texas - Houston's founding. In the mid-1800s, two brothers who were New York real estate promoters, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, sought a location where they could begin building "a great center of government and commerce." In August 1836, they purchased 6,642 acres (27 km²) of land from T. F. L. Parrot, John Austin's widow, for $9,428. The Allen brothers named their town after Sam Houston and eventually persuad ...

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Texas Revolution - The Welcome of Anglo Settlers. As the Mexican insurgents and the filibusters fought their battle in New Spain, the Panic of 1819 plunged the United States into a major depression that would last many years. An American businessman and former Spanish subject named Moses Austin lost his lead manufacturing business during this time, and then attempted banking and land speculation both of which failed as well. After a trip to Tejas, he developed a plan to bring American settlers into the region, wh ...

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Texas Revolution - Enter the Filibusters. In 1803, the United States of America purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. The boundaries between the Louisiana Territory and the Spanish colony of New Spain (which would later become Mexico) were never agreed upon between Spain and France. The U.S. consequently claimed that the Louisiana Purchase extended to the Rio Grande River (which is the southern border of Texas today). This was disputed by Spain, which had previously established a handful of missions and ...

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Houston Texas - Highways. In Houston urban sprawl and hot, humid summers have made automobiles the favored means of transportation. Houston also has excessive ozone levels and is ranked among the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. Houston freeways are heavily traveled and often under construction to meet the demands of continuing growth. Interstate 45 south has been in a continuous state of construction, in one portion or another, almost since the first segment was built in 1952. Texas Depart ...

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On February 28, 1845, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that would authorize the United States to annex the Republic of Texas and on March 1 U.S. President James K. Polk signed the bill. The legislation set the date for annexation for December 29 of the same year. On October 13 of the same year, a majority of voters in the Republic approved a proposed constitution that was later accepted by the US Congress, making Texas a U.S. state on the same day annexation took effect (therefore bypassing a territorial phase). One of the primary motivations ...

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Houston Texas - Downtown Houston. In the 1960s, Downtown Houston comprised of a modest collection of mid-rise office structures, but has since grown into one of the largest skylines in the United States. In 1960, the central business district had 10 million square feet (1,000,000 m²) of office space, increasing to about 16 million square feet (1,600,000 m²) in 1970. Downtown Houston was on the threshold of a boom in 1970 with 8.7 million square feet (8,700,000 m²) of office space planned or under construction ...

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