It’s a well-known, inarguable fact that Texans have an outsize love of Texas. So of course, we have a truckload of state symbols to embrace. Some of our official Texas state symbols are ...

"And symbols like this represent our state." President Bush is proud of his Texas heritage. On a recent trip to his Crawford ranch, Bush told Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah about "our state flower ...

Or that petrified palmwood is the official state stone of Texas? Texas has no less than 76 state symbols or designations, according to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, everything ...

Rosie perused the museum’s website to find a page of Texas state symbols. Rosie challenged Stephanie to see how many Steph could get right — there were some surprises along the way!

as new Texas state symbols, which represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state, according to State Symbols USA. While we have nothing against honey bees (in fact ...

In March, Texas Monthly‘s Christian Wallace excoriated ... Unfortunately, it is far from alone among state symbols in need of revision. Some aspects of our culture are overexposed—cowboy ...

The Texas Legislature has designated a laundry list of state symbols, in fact. Some you probably know from Lone Star osmosis: The mockingbird is the state bird, the pecan tree is the state tree ...

On the eve of Texas Independence Day, it's a good time to look at our state's plethora of official symbols. They range from the beloved, such as the official state nickname, Lone Star State ...

Confederate symbols take the form of schools, roads, monuments and county names across the state. Texas has the country's fourth most Confederate symbols, behind Virginia, Georgia, and North ...

Among the Texas Legislature's important business, elected officials vote on resolutions like the official social media hashtag for the state. Yes, Texas has an official hashtag. It actually has ...

On the eve of Texas Independence Day, it's a good time to look at our state's plethora of official symbols. They range from the beloved, such as the official state nickname, Lone Star State ...