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Did you know Texas is the only state permitted to fly its flag at the same height as the US flag? Yeppers, it's true!
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...got tired of it saying nobody'd taken my test, had to take it myself, lol
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State Symbol: Â The Texas Lone Star Flag
..[if !supportLists] · ..[endif] The red, white, and blue of the
state flag represent, respectively, bravery, purity, and loyalty.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] If the State flag is displayed on a flagpole or
flagstaff, the white stripe should be at the top of the flag, except as a
signal of dire distress in an instance of extreme danger to life or property.
State Nickname: Lone Star State
Origin of state's name: Based on a word used by Caddo Indians meaning
"friends"
State Song: Texas Our Texas
State Motto: Friendship
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Flower: Bluebonnet
State Tree: Pecan
State Pepper: Jalapeño
State Insect: The Monarch Butterfly
State Fruit: Red Grapefruit
State Small Mammal: The Armadillo
State Large Mammal: The Longhorn
State Dish: Chili
State Flying Mammal: Mexican Free-Tailed Bat
State Vegetable: The 1015 Onion
Economy :
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] Agriculture : Cattle, cotton, dairy
products, nursery stock, poultry, sorghum, corn, wheat.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] Industry : Chemical products,
petroleum and natural gas, food processing, electric equipment, machinery,
mining, tourism.
Six Flags
The name "Six Flags" refers to the six countries or
nations whose flags flew over Texas during the state's
colorful history, which also provided the six themed sections of Six Flags
Over Texas: the United States , the Confederate
States, Mexico, Spain , France and the Republic of Texas .
The official retirement ceremony for the state flag encouraged
for public use is:
..[if !supportLists] · ..[endif] I am your Texas flag!
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] I was born January
25, 1839 .
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] I am one of only two flags of an American state
that has also served as the symbol of an independent nation--The Republic of
Texas.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] While you may honor me in
retirement, the spirit I represent will never retire!
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] I represent the spirit of Texas --Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow!
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] I represent the bravery of the Alamo and the Victory at San Jacinto .
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] My spirit rode with the Texas Rangers over the
Forts Trail of the Big Country and herded cattle through the Fort Worth stockyards.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] I have sailed up Galveston Bay and kept a watchful eye
over our El Paso del Norte.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] My colors are in the waters of the Red River and in the Bluebonnets
of the Texas Hill Country.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] You'll find my spirit at the Light House of Palo Duro and in the sands of Padre Island ;
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] I am in the space station at Houston and atop the oil wells
of West Texas .
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] From the expanse of the Big Bend to the Riverwalk of San Antone --all of
Texas is my home!
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] I wave over the cotton and grain fields of the
High Plains, and I am deep in the rich soil of the Rio Grande Valley .
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] I am proudly displayed under the Capitol Dome,
and I fly high above the concrete canyons of downtown Dallas .
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] You'll find my spirit in the East Texas piney woods and along
the Grandeur of the Rio Grande .
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] I represent Texas --every Child, Woman,
and Man!
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] The blue field in me stands for the
valor of our ancestors in the battles for our country.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] Let us retire the blue--Salute!
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] My white field stands for the purity in all our Texas hearts! It represents
the honor that each of us should pay to our state each day.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] Let us retire the white--Salute!
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] The red is for all of the men and women who have died in
service of  our
state--whether as members of the armed services or as citizen Samaritans.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] Let us retire the red--Salute!
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] My lone, independent star is recognized worldwide
because it represents ALL of Texas and stands for our
unity as one for God, State, and Country.
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] Let us retire the lone star--Salute!
..[if !supportLists] ·
..[endif] Join in the pledge to the Texas flag: "Honor the Texas flag ; Â I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas , one and
indivisible."
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From www.utpb.edu
The landscape around UTPB's
(University of Texas of the Permian Basin) campus is as flat as a pancake. It's a wonderful landscape because you can see forever, without any hills or mountains obscuring your view. However, deep beneath this flat surface is a buried 'mountainous' terrain that helps create great accumul ations of oil and gas. In fact, one-fourth of all oil produced in the United States comes from the Permian Basin.The map below is a contour elevation map of a layer of rock that was also as flat as a pancake when it originally formed in the distant geologic past. However, since its formation, that layer has been broken and displaced into huge mountains and basins that are now covered by younger rocks. Indeed, if we could strip away all of the other rocks down to that layer, we would see a landscape with topographic relief similar to what we see today around the highest point in Texas in the Guadalupe Mountains, only greater. There, the Guadalupe Mountains soar 5100 feet above the adjacent valley floor of the Salt Basin. However, in this buried mountainous topography of the Permian Basin the Central Basin Platform looms 7000 feet above the floor of the Delaware Basin.The different colors on the map indicate the depth below sea level to that ancient layer which geologists have named "the Wolfcamp formation.". The blue areas are the deepest parts of the basin and the pink areas are the shallowest parts. The deepest blue area is 4500 feet below sea level whereas the highest pink area is 2500 feet above sea level. The blue basin on the left is called the Delaware Basin and the green basin on the right is called the Midland Basin. The pink area between the two basins is called the Central Basin Platform. Together, all three are called-- the Permian Basin. The map was generated by using information from 58,000 wells in the basin.
