Travels with postcards around the world

  Grew from military camp established at close of Mexican War and named for General W. J. Worth. After the Civil War, became major shipping ...

 Established in 1894; seat of Matagorda County . Today commercial center for farming, ranching, oil, and nuclear energy. Port on Colorado Ri...

 Named after Sam Houston, general of Texas army that won independence from Mexico, and president of Republic of Texas. The city, largest in ...

 City is major deep-water port and one of Texas' most popular seacoast playground cities. First settlement began as frontier trading pos...

  First Anglo-American settler at site of present metropolis built a single cabin in 1841. By mid-1870s, Dallas had become a thriving busine...

 In 1839 five mounted scouts ranged over a broad area of wilderness seeking a site for a new capital city for the Republic of Texas. Locatio...

Texas is the second largest state in the U.S. at 268,001 square miles. Six flags flown over Texas: Spain, France, United Mexican States, Con...