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The state of Texas is located in the
south of the USA. The northern
"neighbor" is the state of
Oklahoma, bordered on the west
by New Mexico, and on the east
by the state of Arkansas. The Rio
Grande River, which divides the
United States and Mexico, is the
southwestern border of the state.
The coast of the Gulf of Mexico
on the Primexican Lowland, is the
southeastern side of Texas.

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To the west, the lowland rises to a
height of more than 800 m and
passes into the Eduard plateau,
then, with an elevation of up to
1200 meters, into the Llano
Estacado plateau and then the
spurs of the Rocky Mountains
begin, having a height of up to
2665 meters.

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The largest rivers in Texas are the Red
River, Trinity, Brazos, Colorado and
Rio Grande. The main territory of the
state, especially the central and
northern parts of it, is located on
plains covered with shrubs. To the
west they pass into the steppes and
deserts. Beautiful savannas and oakpine forests adorn the state from the
east and south-east sides. The border
with the state of Louisiana in the
southeast is heavily swampy.

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The indigenous inhabitants of Texas
were various tribes of Indians.1528 the first European to study the
territory of Texas was a Spanish
researcher named Cow's Head. His
ship crashed near Galveston Island,
and the remnants of the crew had to
wander around the future Texas and
the desert mountains of Mexico
before returning to the former
Tenochtitlan. The land was
borderline between New Spain and
New France, so both powers were
interested in its development.

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1682-1691 The French were noted,
who, under the leadership of La Salle,
began to dig into the Texas expanses,
but rather unsuccessfully. La Salle
was killed by his own sailors, and
Fort Saint-Louis was taken out by the
Indians 3 years later. The Spaniards
came to drive away the French, but as
if they were too late:
1730e. The Spaniards decided to keep
up and brought a group of colonists
from the Canary Islands, and also
began to build Catholic missions to
convert local Indians into the most
popular mass insanity. In particular, 5
missions were built along the San
Antonio River, including the later
famous Alamo.

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1821 Mexico becomes independent.
Mexican Texas opens the borders for
settlement by English-speaking settlers
from the states. By 1836, only a quarter of
the population spoke Spanish.The then
President of Mexico, Santa Anna, was
violent.Sam Houston made Texas an
independent republic. After being an
independent state for ten years, Texas was
annexed by the United States, becoming
state number 28.

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Texas is a state that is rightfully
considered the world-famous
American center of a developed
chemical and petroleum
industry, a high educational
level and agriculture. In
addition, many financial
institutions are concentrated on
its territory.

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Agriculture is a very important
branch of the economy in Texas.
Locals are now earning fortunes by
raising cattle. At the beginning of
the last century, the region turned
into a key oil producer in all of
North America. The state of Texas
ensured the extraction of more than
30 percent of "black gold", and also
controlled the lion's share of imports
of this raw material.

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The level of development of light industry,
which is mainly represented by the
cultivation of cotton and its processing, is
also at the proper level. High-tech
companies are located in major cities. It
should also be noted that the Mission
Control Center (NASA) is based in
Houston.

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Texas is stereotypically
perceived as a hot and dry
territory. However, the
climate in it is very diverse:
there are dense forests and
swamps there. And snow in
the mountains and foothills is
a normal phenomenon.

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If it wasn’t for Texas, we
wouldn’t have computers
as we know them.
Working for Texas
Instruments in Dallas,
Jack Kilby developed the
Integrated Circuit, which
would prove to be
driving force behind
spreading information
technology on a wide
scale. For his work,
Kilby was award a Nobel
Prize in Physics.

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Part of the allure of the Academy Awards is their Oscar statuette. This statue
is one of the great symbols of creative success in the Western world, but the
naming of the statue has its roots in Texas. Before she became Director of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick made her
legacy by remarking that the statue looked like her stoic Texan uncle named
Oscar.

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Texans think about the future. In 1968, someone buried a time capsule
containing a passbook with a $10 deposit to a bank account, expecting a
serious payout in the future. How serious? An expected $1 quadrillion when it
is to be opened up in 2957.

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The name of Texas
comes from the
Hasinai word for
“friends.” The Native
American tribe lived
in the region, and the
Spanish adopted their
word into “Tejas,”
which then
transformed into
“Texas” by the
English speakers of
the region.

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Hamilton Pool Man has
nothing to do with the
creation of this Texas
attraction. There was once
a cave on the site of the
reservoir, completely
hidden from human eyes.
The underground waters
gradually washed away its
limestone walls, and at one
point its dome simply
collapsed. So an incredibly
beautiful natural Hamilton
lake with clear green water
was formed.

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The 6th Floor Museum
in Dallas is dedicated to
the 35th US President
John F. Kennedy, or
rather his death. The
murder of America's
leader still leaves many
questions and is the
subject of diverse
disputes. It was
committed on the main
street of Dallas in 1963,
directly from the
window of the sixth
floor of the building,
which has now become a
museum.

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The Houston Zoo is a tropical
forest, an African savanna and a
dozen other ecosystems of the
Earth that can be seen in the
metropolis. There are 6000
animals of 900 species living here.
Gorillas and elephants, sea lions
and many other representatives of
the fauna of the planet live in
conditions as close to natural as
possible.

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Terlingua is one of the famous Texas attractions, a ghost town covered with legends and infamous fame. At the
beginning of the 20th century, it was a living working village built near the mines, from where 40% of the total
volume of mercury used in the United States was lifted.

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The Dallas Museum of Art is the
main art museum in the Downtown
Art Quarter. He moved here from his
former place in Fair Park in 1984.
The new museum building was
designed by Edward Larrabee
Barnes, a gold medalist of the
American Institute of Architecture in
2007.