T is for Texas. Boys and Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth

is for Oil Oil fields have been here since the days of old. If you are from Texas, then you call it black gold.

      P is for Prickly Pear Cactus This flowering cactus has thorns that will poke. If one sticks you, it will not be a joke.

      Q is for Quinceañera A Hispanic girl’s coming of age— We celebrate the turning of a new page.

      R is for Ranches Texas and ranches go hand in hand. In fact, we have more than all states in the land.

      S is for State Fair The Texas Star Ferris wheel is one really tall ride; And from bacon to Twinkies, you can bet the food’s fried.

T is for Tribes Native American tribes helped write our state’s past; Kickapoo, Alabama-Coushatta, and Tigua* Pueblo—their legacies last.

*pronounced Tiwa