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The state of Texas is the second largest state in the United States. The state motto is "friendship" because the name Texas came from an Indian word that means "friends". Texas is called the Lone Star State and the population is about 23,000,000 people. The capital of Texas is called Austin. It was named after a man named Stephen Austin who was one of the first people to live there. Texas is so large tyhat it has many different climates. The south of Texas has a semi-arid climate which is mostly hot and humid and mostly dry. West Texas is like a desert and has an arid climate which is hot and dry. Central Texas has many rivers and hills making the climate humid subtropical, which is cool winters and hot summers.East Texas has the most rain because it is near the Gulf of Mexico. Thunder storms are very common in Texas and Texas has the most tornadoes in the whole country at an average of 139 a year. Texas is a major agricultural and industrial statre, but it is best known for oil and cattle. There are oil refineries and oil rigs all around. And there are ranches and cowboys all around too that have longhorn cattle and horses.Texas is also known for the NASA-Johnson Space Center in Houston. All of the astronauts who go in space are trained there and live there. Ther are a lot of Mexican prople who live there too because Texas is on the border of Mexico.Ther are a lot of Mexican restaurants and other Mexican influences too.

11/26/2010 I am writing about George W. Bush. George W. Bush grew up in Houston, Texas. He was born in 1946. He was the 43 rd president of the United States. He was the oldest son of former president George Bush.He is the only one of two American presidents who was the son of a preceding president. George W. Bush went to Yale and Harvard Business School and then joined the family oil business. He played basketball in college and he was the head cheerleader senior year. He once owned the Texas Rangers baseball team. George W. Bush served as a second lieutenant in the Air National Guard. He then became governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. George W. Bush was president during 911 and declared the "war on terrorism". He and his family now live in Texas again.

11/26/2010 1.Yes I would like to visit Texas because my cousins live there and I would like to visit them. I would also like to visit a real ranch and see longhorns. I would like to see a real cowboy and ride a horse on a ranch.

2.The most interesting fact that I learned about Texas is that Texas has the most tornadoes out of all the states in the country. There are about 139 tornadoes in Texas each year. I don't think I would like to live there because of the tornadoes.