The home, church, and state motifs are reflected in the key ... and in 1953 it was designated as the official Seal of Texas Tech. In 1972, the university erected a 12-foot red granite version ...

The most recent “tangible representations of Texas’s cultural and historical heritage” warranting canonization are the 1847 Colt Walker pistol (the state’s official handgun), the Bowie ...

"Eureka" has been California's state motto since 1963, but the word has appeared on the state seal since ... the state's official site, "I lead" is the floral emblem motto. Texas' state motto ...

It’s a well-known, inarguable fact that Texans have an outsize love of Texas. So of course, we have a truckload of state symbols to embrace. Some of our official Texas state symbols are ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Did you know that peach cobbler is the official state cobbler of Texas? Or that Texas blue topaz is the official state gem? Or that petrified palmwood is the official state stone ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The state's top election official is stepping down ... The secretary also serves as the keeper of the state seal and attester to the governor's signature on official documents.

Texas has designated an official state stone (petrified palmwood), shell (lightning whelk) and grass (sideoats grama). Among edibles, Texas has conferred the ultimate honor on a dish (chili ...