- "Texas" comes from the Hasinai Indian word "tejas,"
which means friends or allies.
- El Paso, Texas is closer to Needles, California (516 miles) than it is to
Dallas, Texas (571 miles)
- Texas is as large as all of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Illinois combined.
- The first rodeo in history took place in 1881 in Pecos, Texas.
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