Texas History for Kids: Lone Star Lives and Legends, with 21 Activities

Texas History for Kids: Lone Star Lives and Legends, with 21 Activities — page 7
able shape on the map That area covers a vari ety of geographical terrains and people But Texas is also an attitude Texans like to brag that they do things big in the Lone Star State That includes the history From the early dinosaurs to fly ing in space Texas delights in the stories of its land and people For years a story has circulated that Texans were quite upset at losing the distinction of being the largest state in the Union when Alaska was admitted as a state in 1959 Alaska at over twice the size of Texas was upstaging Texas and that just would not do The story says that some Texans got together and joked about melting Alaska Texas has a population of over 26 million people Coming in second to California But Texans have more room to move around with 96 3 people per square mile California has to fit 239 1 people into the same area Author John Steinbeck may have said it best in Travels with Charley 1962 I have said that Texas is a state of mind but I think it is more than that It is a mystique closely approximating a religion Texas is the obsession the proper study and the passionate possession of all Texans Texas Fast Facts Capital Austin