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worked. Gypsum, slate and building stone . many people as it had forty years ago, and the
are found in various portions of these states. wealth of the state is a hundred times greater.

Commerce. — The commerce of this region Texas ranks first in the production of
cotton and live stock. Large
crops of corn and sugar cane
are grown. The northeast is a
wheat region.

Millions of beef cattle are
raised on great ranches in the
west. Hach year, however, the
large ranches become fewer.
Their owners are cutting them
' into farms, for there is more
profit in farming than in rais-
ing cattle.

Fruits of various kinds abound
in the southeast.

East Texas is the state’s chief
lumber district. The lumber
is very large. The leading ports are New product. is worth millions of dollars a year.
Orleans and Galveston. Where are they? Manufacturing has lately made much prog-

Among the products that pass through these ress. Nearly all the mills and factories are
cities are cotton, sugar, cattle, wool and hides. run by steam power.

Austin is the capital, The statehouse is one
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Texas is the largest state m the
Union. ,

Texas is larger than either Ger-
many or France. Two hundred
and twelve states, each the size of
Rhode Island, could be made out
of Texas. ee :

Before 1835 this great state was part of
Mexico. In that year the Americans living
here set up a republic. War with Mexico
followed. The Texans won, and Texas be-
came free. In 1846 it jomed the United States. Dallas is the

Since that time this state has made great largest city. It has many mills and factories.
progress. The rich soil and fine climate have Grain in large amount is shipped.
drawn people from all parts of this country | San Antonio, the oldest settled place in the
and of Europe. Texas has now ten times as state, is an active business center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scene on a Sheep
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