Texas - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of MexicoChisholm Trail - a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s Big Bend - a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande Big Bend National Park - a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife Gulf States - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas Amarillo - a city in the northern panhandle of Texas Arlington - a city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth Beaumont - a city of southeastern Texas near Houston Brownsville - a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships Bryan - a town of east central Texas Corpus Christi - a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico Dallas - a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields Del Rio - a town in southwest Texas on the Rio Grande west of San Antonio El Paso - a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez Fort Worth - a city in northeastern Texas (just west of Dallas); a major industrial center Galveston - a town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island Garland - a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) Houston - the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Laredo - a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande Lubbock - a city in northwest Texas south of Amarillo Lufkin - a town in eastern Texas McAllen - a town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande Midland - a town in west central Texas Odessa - a city in western Texas Paris - a town in northeast Texas Plano - a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) San Angelo - a town in west central Texas; formerly a notorious frontier town San Antonio - a city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers Sherman - a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border Texarkana - a town in northeast Texas adjacent to Texarkana, Arkansas Tyler - a town in northeast Texas Victoria - a town in southeast Texas southeast of San Antonio Waco - a city in east central Texas Wichita Falls - a city in north central Texas near the Oklahoma border Brazos, Brazos River - a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico Canadian River, Canadian - a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma Galveston Bay - an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas south of Houston Guadalupe Mountains - a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains Llano Estacado - a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains Pecos, Pecos River - a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas |