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10,000 BCE
c. 10,000 B.C.
Proto-Indians live at the Gault site. -
1500 BCE
c. 1,500 B.C.
Coastal American Indians make knives and scrapers from stone. -
1000 BCE
c. 1,000 B.C.
A clay tablet made in Babylon is an early attempt to create a map of the world. -
1 CE
c. A.D. 1
American Indians now known as the Hohokam create farming communities in present-day Arizona. -
100
c. A.D. 100
American Indians living near Galveston Bay begin making pottery. -
Dec 31, 900
c. A.D. 900
the Anasazis start building large houses in Chaco Canyon in present-day New Mexico. -
Dec 31, 1000
c. A.D. 1,000
The Caddos grow many kinds of crops in East Texas. -
Aug 14, 1492
1492
Christopher Columbus first reaches the Bahamas. -
Dec 31, 1492
c. A.D. 1492
Explorer Christopher Columbus reaches islands off the southeastern coast of present-day Florida. -
Dec 31, 1519
1519
Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda maps the Texas coast. -
Dec 31, 1519
1519
Hernan Cortes begins his conquest of the Aztec empire. -
Dec 31, 1528
c. A.D. 1528
Europeans arrive in Texas and encounter the Karankawas. -
Dec 31, 1532
1532
Francisco Pizarro begins his defeat of the Inca Empire in South America. -
Dec 31, 1541
1541
Explorer Francisco Våsquez de Coronado crosses the Texas Panhandle. -
Dec 31, 1554
1554
A Spanish treasure fleet shipwrecks off of present-day Padre Island. -
Dec 31, 1562
1565
Pedro Menendez de Aviles founds St. Augustine, Florida, the first European settlement in the present-day United States. -
Dec 31, 1574
1574
An estimated 152,500 Spanish settlers live in the Americas. -
Dec 31, 1581
1581
Spaniard Hernån Gallegos writes about the lives of the Jumano Indians in Texas. -
1601
Juan de Onate crosses the Texas panhandle on his way to Quivira. -
1609
English captain Henry Hudson explores the eastern coast of North America and sails up the river that now bears his name. -
1621
Potatoes native to the Americas are planted in Germany for the first time. -
1650
The Spanish build a mission named Francisco de los Tejas. -
1657
The English navy destroys the Spanish West Indian fleet during a war between England and Spain. -
1659
Spaniards first record seeing Apache Indians riding horses. -
1685
A group of colonists led by French explorer Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle lands in Matagorda Bay in Texas. -
1688
The Glorious revolution in England led to the removal of the Catholic ruler James II and appointment of William and Mary to the English Throne -
1694
The French began trading with the American Indians along the Mississippi River for beaver pelts that are made into fur hats -
1700
More than 250,000 people live in the English Colonies in North America -
1718
The French found New Orleans -
1718
Martìn de Alarcón establishes the San Antonio de Valero mission. -
1731
settlers from the Canary Islands arrive in San Antonio -
1732
Benjamin Franklin begins to publish Poor Richards Almanac -
1755
Rancher Thomas Sanchez establishes the town of Laredo -
1759
Charles III takes over the throne of Spain. He would later be known as one of the nations best kings. -
1763
France, Great Britain and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris effectively ending the Seven Years War -
1766
The Marques de Rubi expedition begins. -
1779
Antonio Gil Ybarbo founds the town of Nacogdoches in East Texas -
1779
The American Revolution begins -
1783
Spanish priest Juan Agustin Morfi, author of the History of Texas 1673-1779 dies. -
1789
The French Revolution begins -
1791
Phillip Nolan, a US citizen receives permission to capture wild horses in Texas -
1803
France sells Louisiana to the United States and the purchase doubles the nations size -
1810
Father Miguel Hildago y Costilla's Grito de Dolores or " Cry of the Dolores" sparks Mexico's War of Independence -
1819
US Citizen James Long and a small force invade Texas only to be defeated by Spanish forces -
1821
Mexico which includes Texas claims it's independence from spain. -
1821
Venezuela joins other Latin American nations in winning independence from Spain -
1821
The Spanish government grants Moses Austin permission in to found a colony in Texas. -
1821
The first public school opens in Boston, Massachusetts. -
1822
Settler Jared Groce plants a cotton crop, possibly the first in Stephen F. Austin's colony. -
1823
About 3,000 Anglo settlers live in Texas without the permission from the Mexican Government -
1823
Charles Macintosh invents waterproof fabric, which was used in raincoats. -
1824
Empresario Martin de Leon settles families on the lower Guadalupe River. -
1824
Charles Grandson Finney receives a license as a Presbyterian minister and begins preaching throughout the United States. -
1824
Mexican officials adopt the Constitution of 1824. Coahuila and Texas are merged to form one state. -
1825
The Erie Canal is completed. -
1825
Bolivia wins it's independence from Spain. -
1826
An American Indian attack on the Green DeWhitt colony forces settlers to flee Gonzales. -
1826
Fur trapper and explorer Jedidiah Smith blazes an overland route to California. -
1826
The Fredonian Rebellion begins when Haden Edwards declares independence from Mexico. -
1827
Stephen F. Austin receives a contract to settle an additional 100 families in Texas. -
1827
The United States formally offers to purchase Texas from Mexico for $1 million. -
1828
Andrew Jackson is elected president of the United States. -
1828
General Manuel de Mier y Teran begins a tour of Texas for the Mexican government. -
1829
President Guerrero issues a decree ending slavery in Mexico, but an exemption is made for Texas. -
1829
The Texas Gazette newspaper begins publication in Austin's colony. -
1829
Spanish soldiers land at Tampico in a final attempt to reconquer Mexico. Forces led by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna defeat them, earning him the nickname Hero of Tampico. -
1829
Thomas J. Pilgrim organizes a Sunday school and private boy's school in San Felipe. -
1830
On April 6 Mexico issues a law that changes rules on immigration and trade in Texas. -
1830
A cholera epidemic spreads West from Asia across Europe. -
1831
The town of Gonzales receives a cannon from the Mexican government to defend citizens against American indian attacks. -
1831
A violent slave revolt, know as Nat Turner's rebellion, takes place in Virginia. -
1832
George Catlin paints portraits of American Indians as he travels across the American West. -
1832
General Santa Anna leads a revolt against President Bustamante. -
1833
Great Britain abolishes slavery throughout it's empire. -
1833
Mary Austin Holley's letters, describing life in early Texas are published. -
1834
Stephen F. Austin is arrested in Saltillo. -
1834
Cyrus McCormick patents a reaping machine that allows farmers to harvest grains such as wheat three times faster. -
1834
Texas farmers export some 7,000 bales of cotton, worth about $ 315,000, to New Orleans. -
September 9, 1835
In response to widespread demands for change, the British Parliament reforms local government in England. -
October 2, 1835
Texas settlers attack Mexican soldiers at Gonzales, forcing them to leave. -
October 27, 1835
Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, decides to personally lead the campaign to put down the Texas Rebellion. -
December 9, 1835
Texas troops push Mexican troops out of San Antonio, capturing the city. -
1835
Texas settlers hold about 3,500 land grants. -
1835
Samuel Colt obtains a British patent for his single-barreled revolver. He obtains a U.S. patent the next year. -
1835
An estimated 1,000 U.S. immigrants enter Texas Each month. -
1835
Texans become concerned when the Mexican government officially abolishes the Constitution of 1824 -
1835
Alexis de Tocqueville begins publishing Democracy in America. -
January 30, 1836
Richard Lawrence tries to assassinate U.S. president Andrew Jackson. Jackson is unharmed. -
February 23, 1836
The siege of the Alamo begins. -
March 2, 1836
The Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted. -
March 30, 1836
Stephen F. Austin arrives in Washington to request aid for the Texas revolution. -
April 21, 1836
Texans win the Battle of San Jacinto, ending the Texas Revolution. -
June 15, 1836
Arkansas is admitted as the 25th state of the United States. -
August 10, 1836
Revolts erupt in several regions of Spain, forcing ruler Maria Cristina to restore the Constitution of 1812. -
October 29, 1836
A revolt in Strasbourg led by French emperor Napoleon lll fails, and he is banished from the country. -
1836
A financial panic leads to a depression in the United States. -
December 10, 1836
The first official Texas flag is adopted by the Texas Congress. -
1836
Texans elect Mirabeau B. Lamar president. -
1837
The Texas government begins work in Houston, the new capital. -
1837
John Deere manufactures the steel plow. -
1838
U.S. troops begin removing the Cherokees from Georgia to Indian Territory. -
1838
Velasco citizens hold a horse race on the coast near the town. -
1839
Texas passes a homestead law, protecting settlers' homes from being seized to pay debts. -
1839
Tennessee produces some 45 million bushels of corn. -
1839
Repeated attacks and discrimination force more than 100 Tejano families to flee Nacogdoches. -
1839
The photographic process known as the daguerreotype is introduced at the Paris Academy Sciences. -
1840
The World's Anti-Slavery Convention is held in London. -
1840
Austin, the new capital, has 850 residents. -
1840
The first college chartered by the Republic, Rutersville College, is founded. -
1841
Punch, a periodical famous for its political humor, begins publication in London, England. -
1841
Texans again elect Sam Houston president of the Republic. -
1841
William Kennedy publishes Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. -
1842
Snider de Pellegrini, director of a French colonization company brings 14 settlers to Texas. -
1843
The Tehuacana Creek Councils lead to peac betweenTexans and several Texas Indian groups. -
1843
Railroad lines from Paris to Rouen and Paris to Orleans are opened. -
1844
President Sam Houston sends troops into East Texas to end the Regulator Moderater War. -
1845
The United States annexes Texas. -
1845
The U.S. Congress moves the presidential election day to the first week in November. -
1845
At least 30,000 enslaved African Americans live in Texas. -
1845
A severe famine in Ireland begins, eventually killing hundreds of thousands of people. -
1845
Great Britain announces that it will seize all slave-carrying ships sailing to Brazil. -
1846
Texas sings a peace treaty with the Penteka Comanche -
1846
Thomas J. Rusk and Sam Houston become the first Texans to serve in the U.S. Senate. -
1846
Bear Flag Revolt erupts as settlers in California declare independence from Mexico. -
1846
The Smithsonian Museum is established. -
1847
A state census reports the state's population the state's population at more than 142,000 -
1847
George T. Wood is elected governor of Texas. -
1848
The Seneca Falls Convention calls for equal rights for women, including the right to vote. -
1848
Mexico cedes much of it's territory to the U.S. in the treaty Guadeloupe. -
1848
Gold is found in California -
1850
Great Britain and the US agree to build a canal in Central America to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans -
1850
California is admitted to the United States. -
1850
The Texas population reaches 200,000 people -
1850
In her book, In 1850, Malinda Renkin describes the state, urging people to move to Texas. -
1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin a novel that criticizes slavery is published and sells 300,000 copies in the US alone in its first year in print. -
1852
Work begins on the Port Isabel Lighthouse. When completed, its light could be seen from 16 miles away. -
1853
Mexico sells the United States more than 29,000 sq. mile territory of territory along its border with the present day Arizona and New Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase -
1853
After many false starts, track is finally laid for the Buffalo, Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway. -
1853
U.S. Army troops abandon Fort Worth after settlers move farther west beyond the fort. -
1853
Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails into Edo (now Tokyo) Bay, Japan. Perry soon signs treaties of peace and commerce with the Japanese. -
1854
The American or Know-Nothing Party becomes active in Texas. -
1855
The Kansas Territory's leglislature passes harsh pro-slavery laws that spark criticism. -
1855
English clergy man Charles Kingsley publishes the novel Westward Ho! -
1855
The Governor's Mansion is built in Austin. -
1856
Slaves in Colorado County acquire weapons and plan a rebellion, but the plot is discovered before it can begin. -
1857
A financial panic begins in the US -
1857
In Dred Scott V. Stanford, the U.S. Supreme Court declares that slaves are not slaves. -
1858
The Butterfield Overland Mail begins taking passengers and mail by stage coach from Missouri, through Texas and on to California. -
1859
A series of clashes occurs between Texas Rangers and Mexican Americans near Brownsville -
1859
Texas produces a record crop of more than 400,000 bales of Cotton -
1859
Sam Houston easily defeats incumbent Hardin Runnels in the election for Texas governor. -
1860
The Pony Express is established offering mail service for St. Joseph Missouri to San Francisco California -
Febuary 1861
Texans vote by more by more than three to one to secede from the United States -
July, 1861
Union and Confederate armies clash in the first battle of Bull Run, the first major battle in the Civil War. -
October 1861
Troops leave San Antonio for New Mexico planning to capture the Southwest for the Confederacy -
April 1861
The Civil War begins when Confederate soldiers open fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. -
1861
The Texas Frontier Regiment is established. -
April 1862
The Battle of Shiloh is fought. -
October 1862
Union forces capture Galveston -
January 1863
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation -
July 1863
Union forces win major battles at Gettysburg Pennsylvania and Vicksburg Mississippi. -
September 1863
A Union attempt to invade Texas is turned back at Sabine Pass -
November 1863
Union troops capture Brownsville -
1863
The Texas cattle population increases rapidly during the Civil War. -
1863
People rush to what is now Montana after gold is discovered there. -
April 1864
In a battle near Mansfield Louisiana Confederate forces stop a Union invasion of northeastern Texas. -
September 1864
Union Army troops under General William Tecumseh Sherman capture Atlanta. -
1864
Colonel Christopher "Kit" Carson leads an attack against Plains Indians in the Panhandles -
April 1865
General Robert E Lee surrenders at Appomattox courthouse. -
May 1865
The last land battle of the war is fought at Palmito Ranch Texas. -
1865
The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect in Texas freeing the state's slaves -
1865
The thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery is put into effect -
1865
U.S. negotiators sign the Treaty of the little Arkansas with Comanche and Kiowa leaders. -
1867
The US congress removes control of Reconstruction from the president. -
1867
Railroads cut through the Great Plains, deviding the buffalo into northern and southern herds. -
1867
the Kansas Pacific Railroad establishes a shipping point for cattle in Abilene, Kansas. -
1868
African American George T Ruby is elected as a delegate to the Republican National Convection. -
1868
Ulysses Grant is elected president of the U.S. -
1868
Fort Richardson is established near Jacksboro. -
1869
Texas cowboys move a herd of 15,000 cattle to the market. It is the largest single herd of the era. -
1870
The Fifteenth Amendment gives African American men the right. -
1870
The Illinois Central Railroad extends it's line west, reaching Sioux City, Iowa. -
1870
Texas has 583 miles of rail lines. -
1871
Public school system is created -
1871
Manufacturers begin to use buffalo hides to produce leather for industrial purposes. -
1872
The General Amnesty Act allows most former Confederates to once again hold public office. -
Wettest place
In 1873 Clarksville received 109.4 inches of rain. -
1873
Ranchers begin to ship thousands of cattle from Denison after the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad extends a line there. -
1873
the U.S. economy suffers a downturn, causing a temporary decline in the value of cattle. -
1874
Republicans lose control of the US House of Representatives. -
1874
Democratic regains full control of state government. -
1874
Plains Indians attack a group of buffalo hunters in the Battle of Adobe Walls. -
1875
Comanche leader Quanah Parker surrenders, ending the Red River War. -
1875
A gold rush in the black hills of Dakota Territory leads to war between the Sioux and the United States. -
1875
the Huber Manufacturing Company, which builds threshers and other farm machinery, is incorporated. -
1876
Texas adopts the new Constitution. -
1876
About 2,700 animals die during a cattle stampede near the Brazos River. -
1876
Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson work as law officers in the cattle town of Dodge City, Kansas. -
1876
the Texas laegislature passes a law that allows the state to fund railroads with land grants. -
1876
Texas A&M University opens as an all-male military institution. -
1877
The Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction throughout the South. -
1879
Apache leader Victorio launches raids along the Texas-Mexico border. -
1879
War breaks out between the British and the Zulu in South Africa. -
1880
Up to 21,000 cattle go through the Union Stockyards in Chicago every day. -
1880
American farmers grow almost $325 million worth of cotton. -
1881
the Texas and Pacific Railway meets he Southern Pacific line near El Paso, forming the first transcontinental railroad through Texas. -
1881
The Knights in Labor, the first union to female members, establishes a local women's chapter in Philadelphia. -
1882
A ranch in the panhandle purchases enough barbwire to fence 250,000 acres. -
1882
Thomas Edison installs electrical power plants in New York City and London. -
1883
The University of Texas formally opens. -
1886
The Knights of Labor begin a major strike against Jay Gould's railroad company. -
1886
A labor rally in Chicago's Haymarket square erupts in violence. -
1886
a riot erupts in Chicago's Haymarket Square during a nationwide strike by unions. -
1889
There are more than 8,000 miles of railroad track in Texas. -
1889
The Texas legislature passes the Antitrust Act of 1889. -
1890
American inventor John Lambert builds the first automobile that uses an internal combustion engine. -
1890
Texas Normal College and Teachers' Training Institute, now called the University of North Texas, opens in Denton. -
1891
More than 1,400 delegates from 33 states and territories gather in Cincinnati to form the Populist party. -
1891
The Texas Railroad Commission is established to regulate railroads in Texas. -
1892
The first gasoline-powered tractor is developed in Waterloo, Iowa. -
1892
A leading association of farmers endorses the Populist Party. -
1894
Drillers strike oil in Corsicana. -
1894
Cuban rebels revolt against Spanish rule. -
1894
The first football game is played between the University of Texas and Texas A&M. -
1896
B.F. Goodrich Company manufactures the first automobile tires. -
1898
The United States declares war with Spain. -
1898
Teddy Roosevelt organizes and trains the Rough Riders in San Antonio. -
Coldest spot
The lowest recorded temperature in Texas was a chilly -23 F, occurring in 1899 at Tulia and in 1933 at Seminole. -
1900
Texas has more than 350,000 farms, and almost half of all farmers are tenant farmers. -
1900
There are more than 5.7 million farms in the United States. -
1900
A hurricane hits Galveston, killing some 6,000 to 8,000 people. -
1901
The Spindletop well strikes oil, producing more than 17 million barrels of oil the next year. -
1901
New Zealand passes a third Factory Act designed to protect the rights of workers. -
1902
The Corsicana Oilers set a baseball record by defeating the Texarkana team 51 to 3. -
1904
The United States begins construction on the Panama Canal to provide a shorter route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It takes 10 years to build. -
1905
A large oil strike is made in the Humble oil field in Harris Country. -
1907
The first Neiman Marcus department store opens in Dallas. -
1908
Oil is discovered at Goose Creek along Galveston bay. -
1908
The Ford Motor Company introduces the Model T, one of the most popular cars in American history. -
1909
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP) is founded. -
1911
Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz is overthrown. -
1911
Jovida Idar becomes the first president of the League of Mexican Women. -
1911
The U.S. Supreme Court orders the Standard Oil Company to break up the several smaller companies. -
1914
The Houston Ship Channel opens, and Houston soon becomes an important oil refining center. -
1914
The Houston Ship Channel is completed, leading to the growth of industry in the Houston area. -
1917
The United States declares war on Germany and enters World War l. -
1917
A French inventor builds a gyroplane-a flying craft much like a helicopter. -
1918
Texas ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which bans the sale or manufacture of alcohol. -
1918
Texas troops are sent to France to fight in World War l. -
1919
An application is filed to drill for oil state-owned land in West Texas. Several years later the Santa Rita no.1 strikes oil. -
1920
The Nineteenth Amendment is adopted, granting women the right to vote. -
1920
The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, giving women the right to vote. -
1920
Governor William Hobby breaks a dockworkers' strike in Galveston. -
Hottest spot
El Azizia, Libya, had a record high of 136 F in 1922. -
1922
Americans spend some $60 million on radios. -
1924
Texans elect Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson as the state's first female governor. -
1924
Jazz music reaches a wider audience with the first public performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. -
1926
The United States imports some $ 4.4 billion worth of goods -
1929
The U.S. stock market crashes, leading to business failures and unemployment -
1932
U.S votes chose Democrate Franklin D. Roosevelt to be their next president -
1932
Some 300,000 thousand are unemployed -
1934
James V. Allred is elected governor of Texas -
1934
The Federal Farm Bankruptcy Act extends credit to farmers in danger of losing their farms. -
Hottest spot
The highest recorded temperature in Texas was a blistering 120 F, occurring in 1936 at Seymore and in 1994 at Monahans. -
1936
Texas celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Texas Revolution -
1936
The U.S. government creates a program to promote soil conservation -
1938
Texans elect W. Lee "Pappy" O' Daniel as governor -
1938
The Fair Labor Standards Act sets a minimum wage for some American workers. -
1939
Germany invades Poland, leading to Worl War ll. -
1941
Japanese forces attack U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor. -
1941
Large numbers of Texans volunteer for military service in World War ll. -
1944
Allied troops launch D-Day, an invasion on the European continent -
1944
The U.S. Supreme Court declaims the Texas white primarily unconstitutional -
1945
Texan Audie Murphy receives the Medal of Honor for stopping a German tank attack in France -
1947
President Harry S. Truman announces that the United States will help other nations that are fighting communism. -
1951
More than 3 million automobiles are registered in Texas -
Driest place
Wink received just 1.76 inches of rain in 1956 -
1954
Allan Shivers successfully runs for a third term as governor. -
1957
Texas women call for an equal rights amendment to the state constitution -
1957
The Soviet Union launches Spuntnik, the first artificial satellite -
1959
Texas musician Buddy Holly is killed in a plane crash. -
1960
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Texas owns Gulf costal tidelands up to a 10.35 mile limit. -
1960
The Soviets shoot down a U.S. Spy plane. -
Coldest spot
Vostok, Antarctica, had a record low of -129 F in 1983. -
U.S. and World
The United States used about 46 trillion gallons of water for irrigation in 2005. -
Texas
The Texas timber industry earned more than $1.9 billion in 2007. -
Texas
Sales of Texas livestock totaled more than $10.8 billion in 2007. -
U.S. and World
In 2007 the United States contained more than 751 million acres of forests and woodlands. -
U.S. and World
In 2009, sales from the meat and poultry industry were nearly $155 billion. -
U.S. and world
The American timber industry earned more than $20 billion in logging and sawmill production in 2009. -
Texas
In 2011 the value of Texas cotton production reached over $1.5 billion. -
U.S. and World
American farmers harvested more than $6.5 billion worth of cotton in 2011. -
Texas
In 2012 there were more than 244,700 farms in Texas. -
U.S. and World
In 2012 the United States produced more than 2.3 billion barrels of oil. -
U.S. and World
The United States produced more than 80.9 million tons of lignite in 2012. -
U.S. and world
Agriculture added some $297 billion to the U.S. economy in 2012. -
U.S. and world
In 2012, United States exports of computer and electronics products were worth more than $123 billion. -
Texas
In 2012 Texas produced about 730 million barrels of crude oil worth some $55 billion. -
Texas
Agriculture added some $36 billion to the Texas economy in 2012. -
U.S. and World
In 2012 there were 2.2 million farms in the United States. -
Texas
Texas exports of computers and electronics were worth more than $45 billion in 2012. -
1844
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels comes to Texas. -
1846
Samuel H Walker dies during a conflict in Mexico -
1886
Cowboys in Wyoming Territory stage a labor strike to protest a pay cut. -
1846
Fighting breaks out between US forces and Mexican troops at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma -
Longest river
The Rio Grande, which begins in Colorado and flows along the Texas-Mexico border, runs 1,896 miles. -
Longest river
The Nile River flows some 4,160 miles through northeast Africa. -
Driest place
Arica, Chilie, receives an average of just 0.03 inches of rain per year. -
Wettest place
Lloro, Columbia, receives an average of 523.6 inches of rain per year. -
Highest point
Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in the state, at 8,749 feet above sea level. -
Highest point
Mount Everest is the highest point in the world, at 29,035 feet above sea level. -
Texas
Texas has an estimated 23 billion tons of lignite, a type of coal. -
Texas
More than 6 million acres of Texas land are irrigated. -
Texas
The Ogallala Aquifer is the largest underground water source in Texas. -
U.S. and World
The Ogallala Aquifer is also the largest aquifer in North America. -
U.S. and World
The largest reservoir in the world is Lake Kariba in Zambia-Zimbabwe. -
Texas
With 800,000 acres of land, Big Bend National Park in Texas. -
Texas
Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Sabine River holds more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of water. -
Texas
Caddo Lake is the largest natural lake in Texas, covering more than 39 square miles (half of which are in Louisiana). -
U.S. and World
The largest natural lake in the world is the Caspian Sea, which covers more than 143,000 square miles. -
Texas
Texas contains more than 60 million acres of forests and woodlands. -
U.S. and World
The largest national park in the United States is the Wrangell-St. Elias Park, which covers more than 8 million acres of Alaska.