State Facts
Louisiana,florida, texas
louisiana
capital:Baton Rouge
nickname:pelican state
date of statehood:April 30,1812
state flower: Louisiana iris
state bird:eastern brown pelican
state tree:bald cypress
interesting facts:
- the flag has a picture of a pelican feeding its babies
- Louisiana was named in honor of king Louis xiv
- Baton Rouge hosted in 1983 the special Olympics in Lsu
- fishing
- hunting
- mardigra
flordia
capital: Tallahassee
nickname:the sunshine state
date of statehood:March 3,1845
state flower:orange blossom
state bird:mocking bird
state tree:cabbage palmetto
interesting facts:
- Florida means ¨feast in flowers in Spanish
- Haynes city is known as the heart off Florida
- there are more than 30,000 lakes and over 1,000 golf courses located in Florida
texas
capital: Austin
nickname:the lone star state
date of state hood:December 29,1845
state flower:blue bonnet
state bird:mocking bird
state tree:pecan
interesting facts:
- the population of Texas is 26,000 not including the 14,000 cattle
- 70% of the population of Texas lives within 200 miles of Austin
- Texas includes 267,339 square miles of the nations total area
- bluebell
- the Alamo
- the Washington county fair grounds