Welcome to Texas!
Texas
Capital: Austin
Nickname: Lone Star State
State Motto: Friendship
State Flower: Bluebonnet
State Tree: Pecan
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Fish: Guadalupe bass
State Song: "Texas, Our Texas"
Statehood: Texas became the 28th state on December 29, 1845
Area: 266,807 square miles: the 2nd largest state
Neighbors: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Mexico, and the Gulf of Mexico
