Texas natural resources are abundant and the rich biodiversity of the state thrives across its many geographic environment that include millions of acress of forestland.

Texas has over 63 million acres of forests and woodlands. These are located across a vast 43-county region that forms the western edge of the southern pine region and extends from the counties of Bowie and Red River in northeast Texas to Jefferson, Harris, and Waller counties in southeast Texas.

The leading nonpetroleum mineral commodities produced in Texas include portland cement, crushed stone, contruction sand and gravel, salt, industrial sand and gravel, lime, and masonry cement.These make up more that 95 percent of the state's nonfuel mineral value.

Texas has been calling itself the Third Coast of filmmaking–third after the West Coast and the East Coast–since about 1978.

The history of legislative liquor prohibition in Texas began in the summer of 1854.

Once dominated by the Missions, Texas ranching shaped Texas, its history and environment.

The Texas town of Thurber was named for New York grocer and investor H. K. Thurber.

Early-day Texas travelers had only four choices when they needed to get from one town to another walk, ride a horse, bounce along in a buggy or take a stagecoach.

For Texans, the 20th century began on January 10, when oil was discovered at Spindletop.

Texas in the 20th Century experienced devastating events but also established unforgettable historical legacies. Read a narrative of this time period here.