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The Armadillo, is not only the official small animal of   The Big Republic of Texas, is also the most abundant respected and admired   non-destructive of all the burrowing and edentate animals in the region. Is comestible even though texans preffer cattle meat.

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Officials   State Symbols of Texas

Fish-Guadalupe Bass, 

Bird-Mockingbird,

Flower-Bluebonnet,

Dish-Chile,    

Dance-Square Dance,

Fiber/Fabric-Cotton,

Fruit-Texas Red Grapefruit,

Gem-Blue Topaz,

Grass-Sideoats Grama,

Nut and Tree-Pecan,

Insect- Monarch Butterfly,

Flying Mammal- Mexican Free Tailed Bat,                 

Big Animal- Longhorn,

Motto-Friendship,

Pepper-Chiltepin    

Musical Instrument-Guitar,

NickName-Lone Star State, 

Pastries-Sopapilla y Strudel,

Pepper-Jalapeņo,

Plant-Prickly Pear Cactus,

Reptile-Horned Lizard,

Vegetable-Sweet Onion,

Stone-Petrified Palmwood,

Shell-Lightning Whelk,

Sport-Rodeo,              

Song- Texas, Our Texas,

Snack-Tortilla Chips and Salsa,

Shrubs-Crape Myrtle,

Ship-USS Texas

Fish-Guadalupe Bass                     Reptile-Horned Lizard     mockingbird.gif (5502 bytes)

  Flying Mammal- Mexican Free Tailed Bat       monarch.jpg (90094 bytes)          Big Animal- Longhorn

      ,Plant-Prickly Pear Cactus     Fiber/Fabric-Cotton    Grass-Sideoats GramaGem-Blue Topaz     Shell-Lightning Whelk              Stone-Petrified Palmwood

     Nut and Tree-Pecan  Shrubs-Crape Myrtle  Flower-Bluebonnet   

               Snack-Tortilla Chips and Salsa,        Pepper-Jalapeņo    Fruit-Texas Red Grapefruit 

            Pepper-Chiltepin      Dish-chili con carne  Vegetable-Sweet Onion    

     Sport-Rodeo      Musical Instrument-Guitar      Ship-USS Texas    

    

Who Ruled over Texas and              When:                         

Spain (1519-1685; 1690-1821)                     France (1685-1690)
Mexico (1821-1836)
Republic of Texas (1836-1845)
Confederate States of America (1861-1865)
United States of America (1845-1861; 1865-

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The president Lyndon B. Johnson liked to collect the pens which he used to sign a progressive Bill (most of them were good and with a vision of the future). In the LBJ Library you can see all of then and even buy a original Presidential Pen from the time he was in power.

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Pen given to some visitors of the White House in times of LBJ

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Button for the followers of the ticket Johnson/Humphrey

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World Boxing Championship won by George Foreman and that the champ give to LBJ as a present for his defense of equality in the United States.

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