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 1520 Texas Avenue Houston, Texas
Texas Facts
Origin of Name: From an Indian word meaning "friends"
Nickname: Lone Star State
Motto: Friendship
State Symbols:
flower - bluebonnet (1901)
tree - pecan (1919)
bird - mockingbird (1927)
song - "Texas, Our Texas" (1929)
fish - guadalupe bass (1989)
seashell - lightning whelk (1987)
dish - chili (1977)
folk dance - square dance (1991)
fruit - Texas red grapefruit (1993)
gem - Texas blue topaz (1969)
gemstone cut - Lone Star cut (1977)
grass - sideoats grass (1971)
reptile - horned lizard (1993)
stone - petrified palmwood (1969)
plant - prickly pear cactus
insect - monarch butterfly
pepper - jalapeņo pepper
mammal - longhorn
small mammal - armadillo
flying mammal - Mexican free-tailed bat
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