Labels:book | reckoner | sky OCR: TEXAS When Mexico gai ned independence from Spain in 1821 the land that MOU Texas was part of Mexico. Texas broke free from Mexico the 1830s and for a time was an independent republic After the Civil War cattle ranching became important in Texas 1901 a great 0i1 gusher was discovered, pue soon oi1 was found all over the state Drilling for oil remains major business Texas although cattle ranchi no still very impor tant largest cattle ranch the country which about big : as the state 01 Rhode Island r Texas Texans a1s0 grow cotton, wheat. and fruits Texas the third most populous state and the second largest state Because 30 big, inc1 l udes different tupes of land from coastal plains in the east to the Great Plains in the -thwest to mountains West of the Pecos River In the east pue along the ...
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