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Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center Austin Tx |
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Hill Country: Ladybird Johnson
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©1036 Hill
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| ©1037 Piney Woods: Log Loader at Forestry Museum - Lufkin TX | ©1041 Piney Woods: Gay Feather Azalea -Nacogdoches University |
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| ©1025 Gulf Coast: Galveston Surfer in the Gulf of Mexico | ©1035 Gulf Coast: Half Moon Reef Lighthouse - Port Lavaca | ©1024 Gulf Coast: Javelina (Collared Peccary)Victoria TX |
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| ©1027 Gulf Coast: American Alligator (fresh water) | ©1021 Gulf Coast: Live Oak Tree in Victoria Texas |
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This Gallery is:
Gunshot fire in Gonzales, a small town in the heart
of texas, proclaimed the Texas Revolution had begun.
The Texas War of Independence riled against the rule
of Mexico; Texas had had two stars on their flag...(one
for its sister city in Mexico) but on March 2, 1836,
Texas became the Lone Star State...Santa Anna had
been defeated. The last battle, fought at San
Jacinto, east of Houston, is commemorated
with a monolith taller than the "Washington Monument"!
But Independence did not last. By 1845, Texas
had been annexed by the United States.
Texas
has an immense variety of Geographic features.
There's the Topography of The Texas Panhandle,
Big Bend, The Hill Country, The
Gulf Coast, The Piney Woods,
Prairies & Lakes and The South Texas Plains.
Cattle, cotton, oil, and abundant
cactus are found in Texas.
The
Rio Grande river is the border with Mexico; the Amistad
Reservoir (dam in Del Rio captures the Rio Grande)
delivers water to both sides of the border.
It's a National Recreation area allowing fishing,
scuba diving and boating. Incredible Yucca (New
Mexico State Flower) thrive in this area. They
are also called "Lamps of the Lord" for their mass
of white flowers.
The
heartland of Texas, The Hill Country,
is home to two of the major population centers
in Texas....San Antonio and Austin. North
of Austin, under the auspices of the University of
Texas at Austin, is the Ladybird
Johnson Wildflower Sanctuary. It's a unique public
botanical garden devoted EXCLUSIVELY to native plants.
West of Austin, the Sabinal
River meanders through the tiny town of Utopia,
Texas... named for its fantastic climate.
The Piney Woods in East Texas has long been the site
of logging 4 species of pine; the
Logging Museum in Lufkin has
a Log loader... technology still found in use today.
This area is also home to Nacogdoches
University...the only non-sectarian University stemming
from the days (1845) when Texas was it's own country!
The warm, wet climate nurtures the
Ruby M. Mize Azalea Gardens
adjacent to the campus.
It's an unusual sight to see large, complex
homes on stilts to protect
against the occasional tropical cyclone which can
raise the water nearly 20 feet. Even the
Lighthouse stands on long
legs. But the
Javelinas,
surfers, and even
Live Oaks take the winds of
the Atlantic in stride finding 86 degree water irresistible!
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