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Bluebonnet proclaimed state flower
On this day in 1901, the Texas legislature proclaimed the bluebonnet the state flower. In the 1930s the state began a highway-beautification program that included scattering bluebonnet seed beside roadways, thus extending the flower's range. The flower-called in some Indian lore a gift from the Great Spirit-is the subject of countless photographs and paintings. It usually blooms in March and April.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- BLUEBONNET
- BERETTA, SALLIE WARD
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
- Globe of the Great Southwest groundbreaking (1958)
- Earthquake! (1923)
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