Texas (disambiguation)

Texas (disambiguation)

Texas is a state of the United States of America, formerly the Republic of Texas.Texas may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

*"Texas" (TV series), a 1980s U.S. television program
*Texas (band), a Scottish blues rock band
*Texas (SpongeBob SquarePants episode)
*"Texas" (novel), written by James A. Michener
*"Texas" (musical), produced annually in Canyon, Texas
*"Texas" (1941 film), a western starring William Holden and Glenn Ford
*"Texas" (1994 film), a TV movie starring Benjamin Bratt and Patrick Duffy
*Texas Bowl a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game

Buildings

*Texas Hall, a combination theater and special events center on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington
*Texas High School, a public school in Texarkana, Texas
*Texas Theatre, a performing arts theatre in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas

Historical

*CSS "Texas", a twin-screw ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy
*Operation Texas, an undercover operation to relocate European Jews to Texas, away from Nazi persecution.
*Republic of Texas
*Texas Brigade, a Confederate States Army brigade during the American Civil War
*The "Texas" (locomotive), a steam locomotive involved in the American Civil War Great Locomotive Chase
*Texas Road, a major trade and emigrant route across Indian Territory
*USS "Texas", name of a number of ships of the United States Navy

Places

*The Republic of Texas
*The University of Texas at Austin
*Texas avenue, the Business State Highway 6-R section of Texas State Highway 6 in the College Station-Bryan metropolitan area
*Texas Canyon located in Cochise County, Arizona
*Texas City, Texas
*Texas County, Missouri, USA, named for the republic
*Texas County, Oklahoma, USA, named for the neighboring state
*Texas District a district of the Lutheran Church
*Texas Township, DeWitt County, Illinois
*Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
*Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio
*Texas Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
*Texas, Queensland, Australia
*Texas Motor Speedway, a superspeedway in Justin, Texas near Dallas

People

*Einar "Texas" Ljungberg (1880-1974), Swedish Socialist leader
*Hasinai, Tejas or Texas, a Native American people after whom the state was named
*John Slaughter or Texas John Slaughter (1841–1922), an American lawman, Civil War soldier and gambler
*T. Texas Tyler (1916-1972), a country music singer and songwriter
*Texas Battle, an American actor
*Texas Gladden (1895-1967), an American folk singer
*Texas Ruby (born Ruby Agnes Owens), a pioneering country music female vocalist
*Texas Terri, born Terri Laird is a punk rock singer and songwriter

Terminology

*2-10-4, a class of locomotive commonly called Texas-type
*Texas (nautical), a deckhouse on a ship
*Texas or C6 tuning, commonly used on a ten string pedal steel guitar
*Texas heart shot a euphemism used in hunting referring to a shot fired at the base of the tail of an animal facing directly away from the shooter.
*Texas Rig a technique used for fishing soft plastic lures.

ee also

*T-6 Texan II, airplane used by the United States Air Force for basic pilot training
*Tex


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