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Points of Interest

Capital: Austin

Largest city: Houston

Highest point: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 ft 

Lowest point: Gulf of Mexico coast, 0 ft

Admission to Union: December 29, 1845 (28th)

The state's annexation helped set off a chain of events that caused the Mexican–American War in 1846

Among the Native Americans that lived in Texas before European colonization were the: Alabama, Apache, Aranama, Atakapa, Caddo, Comanche, Coahuiltecan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coushatta, Hasinai, Jumano, Karankawa, Kickapoo, Kiowa and Wichita.

The first major oil well in Texas was south of Beaumont, on January 10, 1901.

Texas has no volcanoes and few earthquakes

The state experiences the most tornadoes in the Union, an average of 139 a year.

Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, these three rank among the 10 largest cities of the United States.

Texas has known petroleum deposits of about 5 billion barrels.

The state is a leader in renewable energy sources; it produces the most wind power in the nation.

In west Texas, both I-10 and I-20 have speed limits of 80 miles per hour, the highest in the nation.

Texas has the most airports of any state in the nation

Over 1,000 seaports dot Texas's coast with over 1,000 miles of channels.

State of Texas

Texas state seal

About Texas

The ExxonMobil refinery is in Baytown

"There's Texas, and there is West Texas. I Live in West Texas" by George Andersen, 1972, Big Spring, TX

The state holds the most Fortune 500 company headquarters in the United States.

1846: The United States declared war on Mexico after a series of disputes in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, starting theMexican–American War.