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TEXAS, OUR TEXAS

• Texas Facts
• By
• Julia Fleming
• Lelia Canalez

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The Texas Motto is Friendship. The state name,
Texas, originated from the Caddo Indian word,
Teysha or Tejas which means Hello, Friend.
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Texas Flag
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Texas Pledge of Allegiance

• Honor the Texas flag, I pledge allegiance to
  thee, Texas, one and indivisible.

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Texas State Song

• Texas, Our Texas
• Texas, our Texas, All hail the mighty state.
• Texas, our Texas, so wonderful, so great!
• Boldest and grandest, withstanding every test
• O Empire wide and glorious, you stand supremely
  blest!

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Texas, Our Texas

• Chorus
• God bless you, Texas! And keep you brave and
  strong,
• That you may grow in power and worth throughout
  the ages long.
• God bless you, Texas! And keep you brave and
  strong,
• That you may grow in power and worth throughout
  the ages long.

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Texas State Tree

•   Texans adopted the pecan as their state tree
  way back in 1919. Perhaps they favored the pecan
  because Governor James Hogg requested that a
  pecan be planted by his gravesite. Of course,
  pecans are also popular because their nuts taste
  so good.

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Texas State Bird
Mockingbirds are medium sized birds, gray above
and pale below. They have white wing patches and
outer tail feathers, slender black beaks and
legs. Legend has it when Texas chose the
mockingbird as its state bird, the resolution
stated that the bird is "a fighter for the
protection of his home, falling, if need be, in
its defense, like any true Texan..."
Mockingbirds are found in just about every
habitat type in the state.
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The Alamo
The Texas state shrine is the Alamo. The Alamo
is located in San Antonio, Texas.
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Texas State Flower
Photo by Jean Andrews, from her book The Texas
Bluebonnet Courtesy of the author and the
University of Texas Press
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Pecos, Texas, is the HOME of the Worlds First
Rodeo!
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Texas Native Animals
Armadillo
Jackrabbit
Longhorn
Rattlesnake
Coyote
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Oil
Oil is one of Texas major resources.
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Texans are proud to be Americans.
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Sources

• http//www.50states.com/flag/txflag.htm
• http//www.geobop.com/World/NA/US/TX/Flower.htm
• http//www.geobop.com/Symbols/Plants/Trees/Pecan/
  
• http//www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/statesong.h
  tml
• http//www.lsjunction.com/song.htm

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Sources Continued

• http//www.karnes-city.isd.tenet.edu/symbols/alamo
  .html
• http//www.lsjunction.com/midi/songs.htm
• http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/factsheets/birds/mocki
  ngbird/mockingbird.htm
• http//members.tripod.com/midibrat/
• Special thanks to Computer Solutions for
  consultations.

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Thank you for coming to our program. Good-night!