Summer States No. 28 - Texas

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to this magnificent world! Today we'll be looking at the twenty-eighth state of the United States, Texas. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get straight into it!

     Texas Facts:

• Date of Statehood: December 29, 1845
• Capital: Austin
• Population: 25,145,561 (2010)
• Size: 268,597 square miles
• Motto: Friendship
• Tree: Pecan
• Flower: Bluebonnet
• Bird: Mockingbird

     Fun Facts:

• President Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald in Texas while riding with his wife in his open-top convertible.
• More wool comes from Texas than from any other state in the U.S.
• The first suspension bridge in the United States was built in Texas and is called the Waco Bridge. It is still used by pedestrians to this day.

     Texas on a map:

          

     Sources: https://www.50states.com/facts/texas.htm

     https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/texas