Lonestar State
Where Austin is
The Lonestar State is Texas, referring to the single star on the state flag.
The name recalls Texas's brief period as an independent republic (1836–1845) before joining the United States: He moved back to the Lonestar State after twenty years in California.
Texas capital city
- HoustonTexas's largest city
- DallasNorth Texas metropolitan area
- San AntonioSouth-central Texas city
- El PasoWest Texas border city
Galveston · Big Bend · Panhandle · Gulf Coast · Guadalupe · Pecos · Aggies · NASA
Texas Revolution battleground
- republicState with elected leaders
- 1836A calendar year
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
Sam Houston · sovereignty · autonomy · liberty · Santa Anna · Tejanos · settlers · constitution
Cowboy skills competition
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- spursHeel-mounted riding prods
boots · saddle · lasso · chaps · bronco · corral · roundup · chuckwagon
Early explorer or settler
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- westwardToward the sunset
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
wagon train · outpost · Comanche · rangelands · frontier justice · cattle trail · Chisholm Trail · land grant
Devotion to one's homeland
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- identityWho someone is
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
tradition · Texan · bigger · bravado · boastfulness · swagger · exceptionalism · native son
Austin
Texas capital city
- HoustonTexas's largest city
- DallasNorth Texas metropolitan area
- San AntonioSouth-central Texas city
El Paso · Galveston · Big Bend · Panhandle · Gulf Coast · Guadalupe · Pecos · Aggies · NASA · oil
Alamo
Texas Revolution battleground
- republicState with elected leaders
- 1836A calendar year
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
Sam Houston · secession · sovereignty · autonomy · liberty · Santa Anna · Tejanos · settlers · constitution · declaration
rodeo
Cowboy skills competition
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
spurs · boots · saddle · lasso · chaps · bronco · corral · roundup · chuckwagon · herding
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- westwardToward the sunset
wilderness · wagon train · outpost · Comanche · rangelands · frontier justice · cattle trail · Chisholm Trail · land grant · prairie
patriotism
Devotion to one's homeland
loyalty · tradition · Texan · bigger · bravado · boastfulness · swagger · exceptionalism · native son · born and raised
Lonestar StateGolden State
West coast nickname
California · Massachusetts · New York · Vermont · Oregon
Lonestar StateAlaska
America's frozen northwest
Maine · Minnesota · Washington · New England
lone, loner, lonely, loneliness, lonesome, star, stars, starry, starred