1. Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.
      
2. The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
       
3. The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845. 
    
4. Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer.
    
5. Sam Houston, arguably the most famous Texan, was actually born in Virginia. Houston served as governor of Tennessee before coming to Texas.
      
6. The capital city of Austin is located on the Colorado River in south-central Texas. The capitol building is made from Texas pink granite. It served as the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1840-1842.
    
7. Austin is considered the live music capital of the world.
    
8. Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.
    
9. Professional sports teams include the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Houston Astros, Houston Comets, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Texas Rangers. And Houston Texans.
    
10. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.
     
11. The first suspension bridge in the United States was the Waco Bridge. Built in 1870 and still in use today as a pedestrian crossing of the Brazos River.
       
12. Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.
     
13. The armadillo is the official state mammal. 
         
14. The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.
      
15. Texas possesses three of the top ten most populous cities in the United States. These towns are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.
     
16. El Paso is closer to Needles, California than it is to Dallas.
     
17. Texas includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area. 
     
18. The state's cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million. 
      
19. More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States. 
      
20. The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden. It contains 38,000 rose bushes representing 500 varieties of roses set in a 22-acre garden.

I have lived in Texas for 24 years now and love it! I have lived in many places, but Texas has stolen my heart as home!

For more information please contact Lara O'Keefe at 972.838.9156 or visit Hunter's Creek.