Texas-Part 1

1. Year of statehood-December 29, 1845
2. Populations-20,851,820
3. Capital-Ausin
4. Motto-Friendship
5. Bird-Mocking Bird
6. Flower-Bluebonnet
7. Tree-Pecan Tree
8. Song Title-Texas,Our State

9. Save a picture of the state flag, state shape, state bird, state flower, and state tree to your server folder. (Right click on the picture on the interent/save picture or image) List the filenames below that you used to save the picture

LIST OF FILENAMES -POST

10. Find 2 popular tourist attractions located in your state and know the following information for each ( Museum, Universities, National Forest, State Parks, Sports Team)

a. Name of each attraction

1.Six Flags Fiesta Texas
2.The Alamo

b. The city where each attraction is located.

1.San Antonio,Texas
2.San Antonio,Texas

c. Give a brief description of each attraction

1.Fonded in 1992.This park was originally built by USAA and Gaylord Entertainment, and was originated to be a show park.
2.It is where Texas defenders fell to Mexican General Santa Anna and the phrase Remember the Alamo originated. The Alamo is considered the cradle of Texas liberty and the state's most popular historic site.

d. Save a picture of each tourist attraction to your server folder (ID#) List below the filenames you used when you saved the pictures.
six flags fiesta texas
the alamo

11. Find 4 fast facts about your state. Remember you are trying to entertain so pick interesting facts that make your state UNIQUE.

a.Juneteenth-Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that all slaves were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive order.

b.Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.

c.Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.

d.Wiley College located in Wiley,Texas was the first Nergro college to debate Havard University and win.

12. List all sources used in finding your state information and pictures (EX: www.50states.com) include the following about each site:
a. 50states,Yahoo
b. www.50states.com,www.yahoo.com
c. February 26-27,2008
d. Marchex INC., Yahoo INC.
e. 2008,2008