Popular Tourist Attractions

Dallas Zoo
Houston Zoo
Klyde Warren Park
Big Bend National Park

National Parks

Big Bend National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park

State Parks

Abilene State Park.
Balmorhea State Park.

Population

29,145,505

State Fish

Guadalupe bass

Popular Tourist Attractions

Popular Iconic Texas Foods That Require Clean Water

Texas is famous for the following foods:

Barbecue

Chili

Chicken Fried Steak

Pecan Pie

Kolaches

Tex-Mex

Fun Facts

          • The name Texas came from the Caddo Indian word tejas, meaning “friends” or “allies.”
          • Texas has highest highway speed limit in the United States. A stretch of toll road between Austin and San Antonio permits drivers to go 85 miles per hour.
          • Texas produces more crude oil and natural gas than any other state in the United States.
          • Bracken Cave in Comal County, Texas, is the summer home to the largest colony of bats in the world. An estimated 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats roost in the cave from March to October every year.
          • Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco, Texas, by Charles Alderton in 1885.
          • Astrodome was first multi-purpose domed stadium in the world. It was built in Houston and opened in 1965.
          • The 567.31-foot San Jacinto Monument in Harris County, Texas, is world’s tallest war memorial. The star at the top of the monument weighs 220 tons.
          • The Tyler Rose Garden Center in Tyler, Texas, is the largest rose garden in the United States.
          • Texas was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
          • Texas is the only state with an official State Domino Game: 42.
          • On December 7, 1982, the first person executed by lethal injection occurred in Texas.

          This page was last updated on July 31, 2022.

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