One of the many important things that State Legislators do is vote on numerous bills and laws. Another equally interesting bit of business that they attend to is to designate state symbols.
In the March 2016, issue of Texas Highways Magazine, they listed about 22 or so of the State Symbols that Texas has adopted. But the legislature has designated 72 of them in total.
So, here are just a few of the ones near and dear to the Texas way of life:
State Flower
Bluebonnet
State Gem
Texas Blue Topaz
State Musical Instrument
Guitar
State Hat
Cowboy Hat
State Footwear
State Food
Chili
State Pepper
Jalapeno
State Insect
Monarch Butterfly
State Reptile
Texas Horned Frog
State Large Mammal
Longhorn
State Small Mammal
Armadillo
State Bird
Mockingbird
State Tree
Pecan Tree
(well, we have to have pecans to make our pecan pies after all)
There are other ones such as the State Fruit, State Flying Mammal, State Plant, State Domino Game, State Music and even a State Shell. In looking at the list, The Travelling Toe is concerned that the State has designated a large mammal and a small mammal...now we need a medium size mammal to add to the list. Any suggestions?
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission keeps a full list of the Legislature designated State symbols on it's website.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
So go check it out and find out what our State Plant and State Fish are if you don't already know!
Makes one wonder, do other States have designated symbols????
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