Sam Houston Kissing Bur Oak
Sam Houston's flamboyant style made his politicking an entertainment event. When he orated to the crowds gathered

Lady Bird Johnson Southern Magnolia
Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson was born in Karnack , Texas and married future presi...

Dwight D. Eisenhower Green Ash
Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States , was born in the small fr...

Alamo Live Oak
In 1822, Stephen Austin led the first American settlers to Mexican Texas. The settlers had little in common with the Mexicans - language, religion or customs...

Texas Champion Cedar Elm
Everything that is big is celebrated in Texas .  The Texas Forest Service seeks to recognize the largest of e...

Hanging Live Oak
The Hanging Live Oak in Goliad, Texas, lived up to its name more than once.
In Texas early days, justice for criminals was often swift..

Jim Bowie Live Oak
The 300-year-old Jim Bowie Live Oak grows in Opelousas, Louisiana, at the boyhood home of a pionee...

Texas Champion Bur Oak
The Texas Champion Bur Oak is located at the Denison Dam in Denison, Texas. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam wa...

Texas Champion Eve's Necklace
Big trees are a part of Texas ' heritage. The Texas Forest Service coordinates the Big Tree Registry pr...

Texas Treaty Live Oak
Believed to be more than 500 years old, the Treaty Oak in Austin , Texas , is the lone survivor of the "Cou...