Texas Almanac 2014-2015
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<div><b>FEATURES OF THE TEXAS ALMANAC 2014–2015</b><br>• Sketches of eight <b>historic ranches</b> of Texas by Texana writer Mike Cox.<br>• Article on the<b> Texas art</b> and artists by Houston businessman and art collector J.P. Bryan, who has amassed the world’s largest Texana collection.<br>• Coverage of the 2012 elections, redistricting, and the 2012 Texas Olympic medalists.<br>• An update on Major League Baseball in Texas.<br>• Lists of sports champions — high school, college, and professional.<br><br><b>MAJOR SECTIONS UPDATED FOR EACH EDITION</b><br>• The Environment, including geology, plant life, wildlife, rivers, and lakes.<br>• Weather highlights of the previous two years, plus a list of destructive weather dating from 1766.<br>• Two-year Astronomical Calendar that shows moon phases, times of sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, eclipses, and meteor showers.<br>• Recreation, with details on state and national parks and forests, landmarks, and fairs and festivals.<br>• Sports, including lists of high school football and basketball champions, professional sports teams, Texas Olympians, and Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductees.<br>• Counties section, with detailed county maps and profiles for Texas’s 254 counties.<br>• Population figures from the 2010 US Census and State Data Center estimates as of 2012.<br>• Comprehensive list of Texas Cities and Towns.<br>• Politics, Elections, and information on Federal, State, and Local Governments.<br>• Culture and the Arts, including a list of civic and religious Holidays.<br>• Religion census of 2010 by denomination and adherents; breakdown on metro areas and counties.<br>• Health and Science, with charts of vital statistics.<br>• Education, including a complete list of colleges and universities, and UIL results.<br>• Business and Transportation, with an expanded section on Oil and Gas.<br>• Agriculture, including data on production of crops, fruits, vegetables, livestock, and dairy.<br>• Obituaries of notable Texans.<br>• Pronunciation Guide to Texas town and county names.<br></div>
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