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Texas Eagle The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile (2102 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2728 miles (4390 km) total, three days a week (incorporated as part of the Sunset Limited).
Texas Eastern Pipeline Texas Eastern Pipeline (TETCo) is a major natural gas pipeline which brings gas from the Gulf of Mexico coast in Texas as Louisiana up through Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to deliver gas in the New York City area. It is one of the largest pipeline systems in the United States.
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire The Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire was in Edison, New Jersey on March 23, 1994 when the 36" diameter natural gas pipeline, which lies about 7' underground, exploded in flames next to the Durham Woods apartment complex along New Durham Road near its junction with Rt. 287.
Texas Eleven The Texas Eleven are a group of Texas Senate Democrats who fled the state of Texas for Oklahoma and New Mexico for 46 days in 2003 in a quorum-busting effort aimed at preventing the passage of controversial redistricting legislation that would have benefited Texas Republicans.
Texas Emerging Technology Fund The Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) was created by legislation in 2005 and had its first award given out by 2006. The $200 million is designed to help create jobs and to develop the economy of Texas over the long-term by expediting the development and commercialization of new technologies and attracting and creating jobs in technology fields.
Texas Exes Texas Exes also known as The Ex-Students' Association of The University of Texas, is the association of former students of The University of Texas at Austin. The organization is one of the largest alumni associations in the world, with chapters in 69 Texas cities, most U.
Texas family magazine Texas Family Magazine was launched in 2005 by Jesse Santiago and Misha Davida. Texas Family Magazine is a state-wide, family values-focused magazine with an anticipated 2007 subscriber base of over 675,000, making it the largest Texas-focused magazine and the largest state-focused magazine anywhere in the country.
Texas Faggott Texas Faggott are Pentti Slayer and Tim Thick, a psychedelic trance musical project from Finland, founded in 1996 with a third member, Francoise Faggott. Tim has been active as a member of Flippin' Bixies, Mandalavandalz, Flying Scorpions, Tea Chairs and others.
Texas Farm Workers Union The Texas Farm Workers Union (TFWU) was established by Antonio Orendain in August 1975, nearly ten years after he began organizing farm workers for the United Farm Workers in the Rio Grande valley of South Texas. Orendain worked for Cesar Chavez in the Chicago UFW national grape and lettuce boycott office.
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters, now referred to as simply "The Mansion," is a Georgian Revival mansion located on the southeast corner of 24th Street and San Gabriel Street in Austin, Texas. The building was completed in 1931 to be the headquarters for the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, with assistance from local philanthropist Clara Driscoll.
Texas Film Hall of Fame The Texas Film Hall of Fame, which operates under the auspices of the Austin Film Society, was co-founded in 2001 by Louis Black, the editor of the Austin Chronicle, and Evan Smith, the editor of Texas Monthly. Every year, at a gala held at Austin Studios, on the site of the city's onetime municipal airport, TFHOF inducts or honors Texans who've made a significant contribution to film or filmmaking, as well as non-Texans who've made significant strides in the advancement of the Texas film industry.
Texas Five The Texas Five was a term coined for a group of five Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas. They were identified in this manner because the Congressional redistricting plan passed by the Texas legislature for the 2004 elections forced these five Democrats out of their previous districts and into ones dominated by Republicans and/or occupied by Republican incumbents.
Texas Folklife Festival The Texas Folklife Festival is an annual event sponsored by the Institute of Texan Cultures celebrating the many ethnicities represented in the population of Texas. Forty different ethnic groups will be represented at the 2006 Festival, to be held on the grounds of the Institute in HemisFair Park in San Antonio, Texas from June 8 to June 11.
Texas Forensic Association The Texas Forensic Association (TFA) is an organization meant to provide competition in speech, debate, and drama for all qualified high school Texas students. It is a member of the NFL (National Forensic League) and follows all of its General Rules, with a few additional rules of its own.
Texas Forest Service Texas Forest Service (TFS), first started in 1915 by the 34th Legislature of Texas, is an integral part of The Texas A&M University System. It was mandated by law to "assume direction of all forest interests and all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the state.
Texas gubernatorial election, 2006 The 2006 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006 to select the next governor of the state of Texas, who will serve a four year term starting on January 20, 2007. The Republican and Democratic Parties chose their candidates by primaries and convention.
Texas Gas Transmission Texas Gas Transmission is a natural gas pipeline which brings gas from the Louisiana Gulf coast tup through Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky, to supply gas to Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. It is owned by Loews Corporation.
Texas German Texas German is a dialect of the German language that is spoken by descendants of German immigrants who settled in the Texas Hill Country region in the mid-19th century. These immigrants founded the towns of New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Sisterdale, Schulenburg, Weimar, and Comfort.
Texas Governor's Mansion The Texas Governor's Mansion was constructed in 1855 near the Texas State Capitol of the time in Austin, Texas. It has stood continuously at the site and been the home of every governor's family, making it the oldest continuously-inhabited house in Texas.
Texas horned lizard The Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is one of 14 North American species of spikey-bodied reptiles called horned lizards. The Texas species ranges from Colorado and Kansas to northern Mexico, and from southeastern Arizona to Louisiana and Arkansas.
Texas Hall Texas Hall on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington is a 76,000 square foot combination theater and special events center. Seating capacity is 2709 for stage productions and 3309 for athletic events.
Texas Highland Lakes The Texas Highland Lakes are a chain of man-made lakes formed by several dams on the Colorado River (Texas), which winds southeast from its headwaters near the border of Texas and New Mexico through Central Texas to the Gulf of Mexico.
Texas Highway Patrol The Texas Highway Patrol is responsible for general police traffic supervision, traffic, and criminal law enforcement on the rural highways of Texas. The Division's goal is to help maintain public safety through the efficient and effective administration of the division's various programs.
Texas Hill Country The Texas Hill Country is a region of Central Texas, USA, that features rolling, somewhat rugged, hills that consist primarily of limestone.The Hill Country terrain can be seen in San Antonio's northern suburbs.
Texas House of Representatives, District 64 District 64 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves a portion of Denton County. The current representative for District 64 is Republican Myra Crownover, who has served the district since 2000 when she was selected to complete the unexpired term left by her late husband, local veterinarian Dr.
Texas House of Representatives, District 65 District 65 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves a portion of Denton County. The current representative for District 65 is Republican Burt Solomons, who has served the district since 1994.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (also known as Return of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is a 1994 sequel/remake to the original movie The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) horror film. It stars award winning actors Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey, years before either of them became famous.
Texas Children's Hospital Texas Children's Hospital is an internationally recognized pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, Texas Children's is the largest children's hospital in the United States.
Texas in the American Civil War Texas seceded from the United States on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States of America on March 2, 1861, replacing its governor, Sam Houston, when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. During the subsequent American Civil War, Texas was most useful for supplying soldiers for Confederate forces and in the cavalry.
Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine The Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit institute founded in 2005 under a $50 million award from the Texas Enterprise Fund to pioneer the development of life-changing medical breakthroughs, accelerate the pace of medical discoveries and foster the development of the biotechnology industry in TexasTIGM is developing the world's largest C57-based gene trap library that will contain more than 300,000 sequence tagged clones covering more than 17,000 unique genes.
Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40 The Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40 or CC-40 was an early battery-operated portable computer manufactured by Texas Instruments. Released in March 1983 and priced at US$249, it weighed 600 grams (22 ounces) and could be powered by four "AA" batteries or an AC adapter.
Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture (TIGA) is a graphics interface standard created by Texas Instruments that defined the software interface to graphics processors. Using this standard, any software written for TIGA should work correctly on a TIGA-compliant graphics interface card.
Texas Instruments LPC Speech Chips The Texas Instruments LPC Speech Chips are a series of speech synthesizer DSP ICs created by Texas Instruments beginning in 1978. They continued to be developed and marketed for many years, though the speech department moved around several times within TI, until finally their rights were sold to Sensory Inc.
Texas Instruments OMAP Texas Instruments OMAP is a Texas Instruments proprietary microprocessor for multimedia applications. Some of the processors in the OMAP family contain a dual-core architecture consisting of both a general-purpose host ARM processor and one or more DSP.
Texas Instruments SN76489 The SN76489 Programmable Sound Generator (PSG) is a TTL compatible four-channel sound chip from Texas Instruments. Its main application has been the generation of music and sound effects in game consoles, arcade games and home computers (such as the BBC Micro and the IBM PCjr).
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was an early home computer, released in June of 1981, originally at a price of USD525. It was an enhanced version of the less-successful - and quite rare - TI-99/4 model released in late 1979 at a price of $1,150.
Texas Instruments TMS320 Texas Instruments TMS320 is a blanket name for a series of digital signal processors from Texas Instruments. It was introduced on April 8 1983 through the TMS32010 processor, which was then the fastest DSP on the market.
Texas Instruments TMS9900 Introduced in 1976 and based on the Texas Instruments 990 minicomputer CPU, the TMS9900 was one of the first true 16-bit microprocessors (the first were probably National Semiconductor IMP-16 or AMD-2901 bit slice processors in 16 bit configuration). It was designed as a single chip version of the TI 990 minicomputer series, much like the Intersil 6100 was a single chip PDP-8, and the Fairchild 9440 and Data General mN601 were both one chip versions of Data General's Nova.
Texas Instruments' Avigo 10 The Avigo 10 (the only model of Avigo ever produced) is a Personal Digital Assistant ("PDA") that was marketed by Texas Instruments from the years 1997 through 2000. It was sold as a lower-priced competitor to the Palm Pilot.
Texas International Airlines Texas International Airlines was a United States airline, known from 1944 until 1947 as Aviation Enterprises and until 1969 as Trans-Texas Airways. It was derisively called "Tree Top Airlines" and "Tinker Toy Airlines" by its competitors.
Texas International Education Consortium The Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC) is an international, private, non-profit corporation located in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1985, it partners with 32 public universities in the State of Texas to work on a variety of international projects including the founding of new universities, development of university programs, setting up of cooperation programs between international universities, as well as putting together K-12 education.
Texas Is the Reason Texas Is the Reason was a musical group founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly in 1994. A foundational quartet in the post-Sunny Day Real Estate movement of emo or emocore music, Texas Is the Reason played melodious but forceful rock music before disbanding in 1997.
Texas judicial system The Texas judicial system has been called one of the most complex in the United States, if not the world. It features five layers of courts, several instances of overlapping jurisdiction, and a bifurcated appellate system at the top level.
Texas Jack Vermillion John Wilson "Texas Jack" Vermillion (1842-1911), also known later by the alias of "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out" Vermillion, was a gunfighter of the Old West known for his participation in the Earp vendetta ride and his later association with Soapy Smith.
Texas John Slaughter (TV series) Texas John Slaughter was a television series run from 1958 to 1961 as part of the Wonderful World of Disney, starring Tom Tryon in the title role; Tryon later became a novelist. The character was based upon an actual historical figure, Texas Ranger John Slaughter.
Texas Junior College Student Government Association The Texas Junior College Student Government Association, or TJCSGA, is a student-maintained organization that works to promote interests of community college students at the local, regional, state and national levels. The organization comprises over 72 member colleges across the U.
Texas Kangaroo Rat The Texas Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys elator, is a kangaroo rat that is native to Texas where it lives in mesquite brush. The species is listed as threatened by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the IUCN lists the species as vulnerable.
Texas live oak Texas Live Oak is an evergreen or nearly evergreen oak tree, Quercus fusiformis, native to the southern United States. In Texas, it occurs from about Corpus Christi west to the Pecos River, north to southern Oklahoma, and also south into adjacent northeastern Mexico in Coahuila and Nuevo LeĂłn.
Texas longhorn (cattle) The Texas longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to six feet in width and have a slight upward turn at their tips, as well as for their distinctive burnt orange coloring. The Longhorns is also the nickname of the sports teams of The University of Texas at Austin and the school mascot is a longhorn named Bevo.
Texas Lightning Texas Lightning is a German quintet from Hamburg which fits in the country music genre and describes itself as old fashioned and hip. Their music is a mix of country and pop drawing from country classic stars like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette and pop stars such as ABBA, Nancy Sinatra, Linda Ronstadt, Madonna, Michael Jackson and the Beatles, performed with some country humour.
Texas Lightning (soccer) The Texas Lightning were a soccer club that competed in the United Soccer Leagues from 1993 to 1996. Based in Tyler, Texas, the club originally started as the Tyler Lightning and became the Texas Lightning upon their move to Dallas, Texas for the 1993/94 indoor season.
Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America The Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America (TLBAA) is a North American organization of ranchers who participate in the breeding and husbandry of Texas longhorn cattle. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the organization was founded in 1964 to serve as a registry for the longhorn breed.
Texas Longhorns Texas Longhorns athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of The University of Texas at Austin. These teams are referred to as the Texas Longhorns, taking their name from the Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and are now the official "large animal" of the State of Texas.
Texas Lutheran University Texas Lutheran University is an undergraduate, private, coeducational university affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The University was founded in 1891, and currently serves roughly 1,400 students each semester.
Texas Madrone Texas Madrone or Texas Madroño (Arbutus xalapensis) is a species of Arbutus native to the southwestern United States (western Texas and New Mexico), south through most of Mexico and Central America to Nicaragua. It is found in canyons and mountains, on rocky plains, and in oak woodlands, at altitudes of up to 3,000 m in the south of the range, but lower, down to 600 m, in the north of the range.
Texas Math and Science Coaches Association The Texas Math and Science Coaches Association or TMSCA is an organization for coaches of academic University Interscholastic League teams in Texas middle schools and high schools, specifically those that compete in mathematics- and science-related tests.
Texas Medical Center The Texas Medical Center, with more than five million patient visits annually and one of the highest densities of clinical facilities and basic science and translational research of any location, is the largest medical district in the world. The center is located in Houston, Texas.
Texas Medical Center Transit Center Texas Medical Center Transit Center is a station on the METRORail Red Line in Houston, Texas (USA). The station is located within the Texas Medical Center and is located at the intersection of Fannin Street and Pressler St.
Texas Mescalbean Texas Mescalbean (Calia secundiflora, formerly Sophora secundiflora), also known as the Frijolito or, confusingly, as Texas Mountain Laurel, is a slow-growing, common shrub or small tree native to the southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico) and Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila south to Hidalgo, Puebla and Queretaro), well-adapted to its arid to semiarid environment.
Texas Mexican Railway The Texas Mexican Railway Company is a Class II railroad (formerly a Class I railroad) that operates as a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern Railway in Texas. It is often referred to as the Tex-Mex, or TexMex, Railway.
Texas Millionaires Chorus The Texas Millionaires are a men's a cappella chorus based in Fort Worth, Texas. A member of the Southwestern District of the Barbershop Harmony Society, the Millionaires have been performing throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex for over 50 years.
Texas Monthly Talks Texas Monthly Talks is a thirty-minute interview show on public television networks across the state of Texas hosted by Texas Monthly editor in chief Evan Smith. Produced by Dateline NBC veteran Lynn Boswell, the show aims to provide more context to contemporary life in Texas.
Texas Moratorium Network Texas Moratorium Network (TMN) is a grassroots non-profit organization with the primary goal of mobilizing statewide support for a moratorium on executions in Texas. It has about 10,000 members, about 85 percent of whom are in Texas with the rest in other U.
Texas Motorplex The Texas Motorplex is a quarter mile drag racing facility located in Ennis, Texas. Built in 1986 by former funny car driver Billy Meyer, the Motorplex was the first National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) "super track.
Texas Natural Resources Information System The Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) is the principal state archive in Texas for natural resources data. TNRIS provides a central access point for Texas Natural Resources data, census data, digital and paper maps, and information about datasets collected by state agencies and other organizations.
Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation The Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation, a non-profit organization, was formed in 1980, to battle Neurofibromatosis and to serve the increasing number of men, women and children in Texas suffering from this disorder.
Texas proposition 2 (2005) Texas Proposition 2 of 2005 is a so-called "defense of marriage amendment" that amended the Texas Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perfom same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 76% of the voters.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is a Texas state agency that oversees and protects wildlife and their habitats. In addition, the agency is responsible for managing the state's parks and historical areas.
Texas Pinyon The Texas Pinyon or Papershell Pinyon (Pinus remota) is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to North America. The range is in western Texas, United States, on the south edge of the Edwards Plateau and the hills between Fort Stockton and Presidio, and in northeastern Mexico, mainly in Coahuila but also just into Chihuahua and Nuevo LeĂłn.
Texas Public Policy Foundation The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), a conservative think tank based in Austin, Texas, has in recent years become influential in Texas politics. The stated mission of TPPF is to"improve Texas government by generating academically sound research and data on state issues, and by recommending the findings to opinion leaders, policy makers, the media and general public.
Texas Ranger Division The Texas Ranger Division, commonly known as the Texas Rangers, is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction based in Austin, the capital city of Texas, in the United States. Over the years, the Texas Rangers have investigated crimes ranging from murder to political corruption, acted as riot police and as detectives, protected the Texas governor, tracked down fugitives, and functioned as a quasi-military force at the service of both the Republic (1836–45) and the state of Texas.
Texas Ranch House Texas Ranch House is an PBS American reality television series that premiered in May 2006. Produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, Wall to Wall Media Limited, and PBS, the show placed fifteen modern day people in the context of 1867 Texas.
Texas Red Oak Texas Red Oak (Quercus buckleyi Nixon & Dorr) is a deciduous tree which is native to the southern Great Plains of the United States. It is smaller and more likely to be multi-trunked than its close relative, the Shumard Oak.
Texas Rig The Texas Rig is a technique used for fishing soft plastic lures. It involves a bullet weight being threaded onto the line first followed by an optional glass or plastic bead, and then the line is secured to a hook, usually an offset worm hook.
Texas Road The Texas Road was a major trade and emigrant route across Indian Territory. Established during the Mexican War by emigrants rushing to Texas, it remained and important route across Indian Territory until Oklahoma statehood.
Texas Rose Festival The Texas Rose Festival, a four-day event held annually in Tyler, Texas, celebrates the role of the rose-growing industry in the local economy. The festivities, taking place over a weekend during the peak of the rose season in October, draw thousands of tourists to the city each year.
Texas Ruby Texas Ruby, born Ruby Agnes Owens (June 4, 1910 (some sources say 1907 or 1908) - March 29 1963) in Wise County, Texas was a pioneering country music female vocalist of the 1930s through the early 1960s. The husky voice star was something of a cross between Sophie Tucker (whom she was often compared to) and Dale Evans and with her husband, fiddler Curly Fox was an enormously popular radio and personal appearances star in the 1940s although she failed to have any hit records.
Texas sharpshooter fallacy The Texas sharpshooter fallacy is a logical fallacy where information that has no relationship is interpreted or manipulated until it appears to have meaning. The name comes from a story about a Texan who fires several shots at the side of a barn, then paints a target centered on the hits and claims to be a sharpshooter.
Texas spiny lizard The Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) is a species of phrynosomadtid lizard native to the south central United States, in the states of Texas and Oklahoma, and northeastern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo LeĂłn, Tamaulipas, and San Luis PotosĂ­. They are quite common throughout their range.
Texas Santa Fe Expedition The Texas Santa Fe Expedition was a commercial and military expedition to claim parts of Northern New Mexico for Texas in 1841. The expedition was unofficially initiated by the then President of Texas, Mirabeau B.
Texas Senate Bill 111 Texas Senate Bill 111 regards University policies in awarding credit for prior coursework, and applies to both public and private institutions. The measure, passed in 2004, requires colleges to offer credit for AP, IB and CLEP scores, and disclose credit policies upon request by a student.
Texas Senate, District 1 District 1 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur and Wood counties and a portion of Smith county in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District 18 District 18 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington and Wharton counties and a portion of Fort Bend county in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District 19 District 19 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Bandera, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, Sutton, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward and Winkler counties, and portions of Bexar and El Paso counties in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District 21 District 21 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Atascosa, Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata and Zavala counties and a portion of Bexar county in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District 24 District 24 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, San Saba and Taylor counties in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District 28 District 28 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Coke, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Sterling, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Tom Green, Upton and Wheeler counties in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District 3 District 3 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby and Tyler counties, and portions of Montgomery and Smith counties in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District 30 District 30 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise and Young counties, and portions of Collin and Denton counties in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District 31 District 31 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman and Yoakum counties in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District 4 District 4 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Liberty and Orange counties, and portions of Chambers, Harris, Jefferson and Montgomery counties in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. The current Senator from District 4 is Tommy Williams.
Texas Senate, District 5 District 5 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves Brazos, Burleson, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker and Williamson counties in the U.S.
Texas Senate, District F District F of the Texas Senate is an obsolete Senate District. Though probably not known by the name District F, it was a “floating” senatorial district that served Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties.
Texas School Book Depository The Texas School Book Depository is the former name of a seven-floor building located on Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). Its address is 411 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75202-3317 and is located on the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the western end of Dallas' Central Business District.
Texas Southern University Texas Southern University is one of the the largest historically black universities in the USA. Located in Houston, Texas, the university was established on March 3 1947 by the Texas Legislature and it was initially named Texas State University for Negroes.
Texas Southmost College Texas Southmost College was established in 1926 under the name of The Junior College of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and admitted its first class on September twenty-first of that year. The school was originally a subsidiary of the local school district in Brownsville.
Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle The Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi) is a subspecies of softshelled turtle native to the United States, in the state of Texas. They range in the states of Texas and New Mexico, in the Rio Grande River and its immediate tributaries.
Texas State Cemetery The Texas State Cemetery is a cemetery located on about 22 acres (9 hectares) just east of downtown Austin, the capital of Texas. Originally the burial place of Texas Revolutionary general and Vice-President of the Republic of Texas Edward Burleson, it was expanded into a Confederate cemetery during the Civil War.
Texas State Highway 121 State Highway 121, locally known as 121, is a diagonal state highway, angling from southwest to northeast through north central Texas. It runs from downtown Fort Worth, Texas at the junction of Interstate 35W to Bonham, Texas, just north of a junction with U.
Texas State Highway 125 State Highway 125 or SH 125 is a state highway that runs from the New Mexico state border to SH 114 at Whiteface. This highway was originally signed (but not designated) concurrent with FM 769 in 1955 "for guidance of the travelling public", as this route continued into New Mexico at NM 125.

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