Texas: Media

state, United States

Videos

Discover the cultural diversity of the state of Texas
A discussion of the diverse cultures in Texas, from the documentary Behind the...
Video: Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Track the Mexican and American settlement of Texas leading up to the Texas Revolution and independence
An overview of the settlement of Texas in the early 19th century.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Explore causes of the Texas Revolution
Learn about events and conditions that led to the Texas Revolution (1835–36).
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Learn what happened at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution
Overview of the siege of the Alamo.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Learn about Texan Confederate commanders and the state's legacy of slavery
Overview of Texas's role in the American Civil War.
Video: © Civil War Trust (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Discover how vaqueros and the Colt six-shooter contributed to the evolution of the American cowboy
Find out how the myth of the American cowboy began.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Visit an oil rig in Texas's Permian Basin and learn how petroleum is pumped and refined along the Gulf Coast
Petroleum exploration and refining in Texas
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Explore the Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Grand Canyon, and Sonoran Desert in the U.S. Southwest
Explore the beautiful and varied topography of the southwestern states.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

Texas state flag
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Texas: seal
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The state bird of Texas is the mockingbird.
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Texas' state flower is the bluebonnet.
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Texas
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Texas: cattle grazing
Cattle grazing on a ranch in the Texas Hill Country.
© Fotoluminate/Dreamstime.com
Physical features of Texas
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Rio Grande
The Rio Grande flowing through the desert at the foot of the Chisos Mountains in...
Tom Algire
Texas: Guadalupe Peak
Guadalupe Peak in the Guadalupe Mountains, western Texas.
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Texas: Chisos Mountains
Sagebrush blooming in the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas.
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Matamoros
The Rio Grande on the border between Brownsville, Texas, U.S. (left), and Matamoros,...
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Galveston hurricane of 1900
Path of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, one of the deadliest natural disasters in...
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Hurricane Ike
A beachfront home among debris in Gilchrist, Texas, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico,...
Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA News Photo
big bluestem
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) flower.
Copyright Jim W. Grace/Photo Researchers
cattle
Texas longhorn steer.
© Jetta/Fotolia
Houston
Houston.
Donovan Reese/Getty Images
San Antonio: River Walk
The River Walk during a Christmas event, San Antonio, Texas.
© Gerald French—Corbis Documentary/Getty Images
Houston, Texas; Johnson Space Center
Astronauts undergoing Extravehicular Mobility Unit training at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy...
NASA
Texas City; oil refinery
Aerial view of an oil refinery, Texas City, Texas.
© BP p.l.c.
Padre Island
Padre Island, along the southeastern coast of Texas.
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Alamo
The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.
© The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project—Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-highsm- 27795)
Texas: Port Beaumont
Port Beaumont, Texas.
© Ivan Kuzkin/Dreamstime.com
Houston Ship Channel
Houston Ship Channel, Texas.
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Texas
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Denton
Courthouse in Denton, Texas.
Aaron Jacobs
Rice University
Lovett Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas.
© Littlefatmonkey/Dreamstime.com
Baylor University
Pat Neff Hall, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
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Bobby (“Blue”) Bland
Bobby (“Blue”) Bland.
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Oscar Martínez
Oscar Martínez, 1960.
© Iris Martinez-Simmons
Kimball Art Museum
Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
© Anthony Aneese Totah Jr/Dreamstime.com
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, Texas A&M University, College Station.
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Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry.
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Dak Prescott
Dallas Cowboy QB Dak Prescott throwing a pass during an NFL game against the Minnesota...
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Houston Astros; Carlos Correa
Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros flying out against the Atlanta Braves during...
Elsa/Getty Images Sport
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Site
Replica of Independence Hall, Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Site, Texas.
J. Williams
Sam Houston
Sam Houston, photograph by Mathew Brady.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of the Alamo, colour print by Percy Morgan, c. 1912.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital file no. cph 3g02133)
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto, oil on canvas by Henry McArdle, 1895.
Battle of San Jacinto; Accession ID: CHA 1989.080; Courtesy State Preservation Board, Austin, TX; Original Artist: McArdle, Henry A.; / 1836-1908; Photographer: Perry Huston, 8/3/94, post conservation. © State Preservation Board, Austin, Texas.
Republic of Texas: flag and seal
Original colour design sketch by Peter Krag for the Lone Star flag and seal for the...
Courtesy of Texas State Library & Archives Commission
Mexican-American War: Battle of Monterrey
Gen. Zachary Taylor's army nearing Monterrey, Mexico, 1846.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-pga-06281)
Texas
A West Texas settler plowing a field, c. 1900.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Texas; petroleum
Oil rigs in Kilgore, Texas, 1939; photograph by Russell Lee for the Farm Security...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Texas; Great Depression
Farmers attending a Farm Security Administration project meeting in Marshall, Texas,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
George W. Bush
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush.
Eric Draper/White House Photo
Davis Mountains
Davis Mountains, western Texas.
Daniel Schwen
United States: Southwest
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United States: 2000 presidential election
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American presidential election, 2004
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