Texas Travel

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Texas encompasses so many regions that it might as well be a country — and it once was. As a sovereign nation after its separation from Mexico in 1836, Texas was unique among territories admitted to the Union. Also unique was the agreement that it negotiated with the United States: a promise that Texas can, if it chooses, form as many as five new states within its borders.

It is unlikely that the Lone Star State will ever break up into smaller units. But if it were to do so, no one who believes in natural boundaries would be surprised. Beyond the Texas of the popular imagination — endless flat plains peopled with cowboys and oilmen — lie dense forests, craggy hills, white sand beaches, silent deserts, and even the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains.