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Texas Symbols, Texas Emblems, and Texas Mascots
Browse the state's symbols; state animal, state bird, state flower, state flag, state fossil, state insect, state motto, state seal, state tree, color, dance, fish, mammal, music, nut, reptile seal, and miscellaneous designations, emblems, and mascot of each state with pictures. Find origin of the state name. View the state almanacs, state timelines and peruse state facts and stats such as the capitol, location, and date admitted to the union.
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Lone Star State
Texas Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots |
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| Air Force | Commemorative Air Force, 2001 formerly Confederate Air Force, 1989 |
| Artist Caricature |
Kid Cardona, April 15, 1997 |
| Artist two- dimensional media |
Carl Rice Embrey, November 1, 1997 to October 31, 1998 June 3, 1997 |
| Artist three- dimensional media |
Mr. Edd Hayes, November 1, 1997 to October 31, 1998 June 3, 1997 |
| Bird | Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)1927 |
| Bluebonnet City | Ennis, June 18, 1997 |
| Bluebonnet Festival | The Chappell Hill Bluebonnet Festival, June 18, 1997 |
| Bluebonnet Trail | Ennis, June 18, 1997 |
| Capitals | Symbolic Capitals ( Various ) |
| Dinosaur | Brachiosaur sauropod, Pleurocoelus, June 3, 1997 |
| Dish | Chili, 1977 |
| Fibre and Fabric | Cotton, June 18, 1997 |
| Fish | Guadelupe Bass (Micropterus treculi) May 22, 1989 |
| Flag | State Flag, January 25, 1839 |
| Flower | Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) and any other variety of bluebonnet, March 8, 1971 Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus) March 7, 1901 |
| Flower Song | "Bluebonnets", March 21, 1933 Written by Julia D. Booth and Lora C. Crockett House Concurrent Resolution No. 24, 43rd Legislature, Regular Session (1933) |
| Folk Dance | Square Dance, 1991 |
| Fruit | Texas Red Grapefruit, 1993 |
| Gemstone | Texas Blue Topaz, March 26, 1969. |
| Gemstone Cut | Lonestar Cut, 1977 A special gemstone cut known as the Lone Star Cut was designated as the official state gemstone cut of Texas by the 65th Legislature. |
| Grass | Sideoats gramma (Bouteloua curtipendula), April 12, 1971 |
| Health Nut | Pecan, June 16, 2001 |
| Insect | Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) June 6, 1995 |
| Mammal - Small | Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) June 16, 1995 |
| Mammal - Large | Longhorn (Bos bos) May 17, 1969 |
| Mammal - Flying | Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) May 25, 1995 |
| Motto | Friendship, 1930 The state motto of Texas is "Friendship." The word, Texas, or Tejas, was the Spanish pronunciation of a Caddo Indian word meaning "friends" or "allies." House Concurrent Resolution No. 22, 41st Legislature, 4th Called Session (1930) p. 105. |
| Musician | Vacant September 1, 2001 |
| Musical Instrument | Guitar, June 18, 1997 |
| Pepper | Jalapeno (Capsicum annum) May 10, 1995 |
| Pepper, Native | Chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. aviculare) June 18, 1995 |
| Plant | Prickly Pear Cactus (genus Opuntia) May 25, 1995 |
| Plays | (1) The Lone Star presented in Galveston Island State Park; (2) Texas presented in the Palo Duro Canyon State Park; (3) Beyond the Sundown presented at the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation; and (4) Fandangle presented in Shackelford County 1979 |
| Poet Laureate | James Hoggard, Wichita Falls Term: 2000 and 2001 Walt McDonald, Lubbock Term: 2001 and 2002 1933 Amended: September 1, 2001 |
| Reptile | Texas Horned Lizard, May 28, 1993 |
| Seal | Great Seal, June 1992 |
| Shell | Lightning Whelk, April 22, 1987 |
| Ship | USS Texas, June 16, 1995 |
| Shrub | Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) June 18, 1997 |
| Song | "Texas, Our Texas", 1929 Words by Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright Music by William J. Marsh |
| Sport | Rodeo, June 18, 1997 |
| Stone | Petrified Palmwood, (Palmoxylon sp.)March 26, 1969 |
| Tartan | Texas Bluebonnet Tartan, May 25, 1989 |
| Tejano Music Hall of Fame |
The Tejano Music Hall of Fame Museum, Alice, September 1, 2001 |
| Tree | Pecan, 1919 |
| Vegetable | Sweet Onion (Allium genus) May 7, 1997 |
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