Texas is the only state that entered the United States by treaty rather than by territorial annexation. The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.Texas has the largest herd of white-tailed deer in the country. A coastal live oak tree located near Fulton is the oldest tree in the state. The silversmiths of Montana from Dallas recently won the title of the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest belt buckle in the world, with a height of 10'6 inches and 14'6.5″ wide, can you imagine how many jeans could withstand that thing? Located at Rocketbuster Hand Made Custom Boots in El Paso, Texas, are those size 328-D sand kickers in all their leather glory.
Start doing push-ups now because you're going to need all the strength you can muster to catch this bad boy who is currently at Dell headquarters in Round Rock: he's a foot thick and 6 meters tall. In an ongoing saga, what we now know as Texas was called the “Republic of Texas” for nearly a decade in the mid-19th century. Put the accelerator on the highway between Austin and San Antonio: it has the highest speed limit in the country, with a speed of 85 miles per hour. We'll only find speed limits like that on the German motorway.
The capital of Texas is Austin. The largest city in Texas is Houston.
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