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| In front of the home Lee Harvey Oswald was renting at 1026 N. Beckley Ave. in Dallas that he went to after shooting President Kennedy in Dealy Plaza in Dallas. From here he walked to the corner of 10th & Patton Streets. |
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| Website : www.texas.gov |
 Capital
: Austin |
 Highest
point : Guadalupe
Peak, 8,749 feet |
 Area : 268,601 square miles,
2nd largest state. |
 Population : 20,851,820
(2000 Census) |
 Motto
: Friendship
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 Admitted to
Union : December 29, 1845 |
 State
Song : "Texas, Our Texas" |
 State Bird : Mockingbird |
 State Flower : Blue Bonnet |
 State Tree : Pecan |
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