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The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau. Given its location, climate, terrain, and vegetation, the Hill Country can be considered the border between the American South and Southwest . [ 1 ]
A vineyard in the Texas Hill Country AVA near Johnson City. Texas has a long history of wine production. The sunny and dry climate of the major winemaking regions in the state have drawn comparison to Portuguese wines, in addition to other regions in Europe like Spain, France, and Italy. [13] Some of the earliest recorded Texas wines were ...
The Texas Hill Country Trail is a non-profit organization which promotes heritage tourism, economic development, and historic preservation. It is one of ten regions which make up the Texas Heritage Trails Program of the Texas Historical Commission .
By 1903, Texas cultivated 234,000 acres of rice. This was second to only Louisiana in rice cultivation which produced 376,000 acres of this crop. At this point, the two states accounted for 99 percent of the rice grown in the United States. Farmers in Arkansas, during 1904, began that state's moved toward major efforts in rice growing.
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RiceTec Inc. is a private American company based and headquartered in Alvin, Texas, [1] that develops and produces hybrid rice seed for the American and various international markets. RiceTec previously owned [ 2 ] the consumer brand name RiceSelect which markets Texmati brand rice in grocery stores throughout North America. [ 3 ]
Hill Country State Natural Area (HCSNA) preserves 5,369 acres (21.73 km 2) of rugged, relatively pristine Hill Country terrain in Bandera County, Texas. [2] It was opened to the public in 1984. Since HCSNA is designated a "Natural Area" rather than a "State Park", the first priority of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is the ...
The highway was extended 5.8 miles (9.3 km) southeastward to a county road near Cedar Hill on October 26, 1954. FM 1382 was extended 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeastward to Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill on October 31, 1958. The highway was extended to Desoto on November 3, 1972, and to I-35E 13 days later, replacing FM 1381.