NINE CULTURAL REGIONS OF TEXAS - NINE CULTURAL REGIONS OF...

NINE CULTURAL REGIONS OF TEXAS
East Texas
Gulf Coast
South Texas
Southwest Texas
Hill Country
West Texas
North Texas
Panhandle
Central Texas
East Texas
 Social and cultural extension of the “Old South”
 Basically rural and biracial
 Segregated socially and economically
 Dominated by “old money”
 Migration to urban area
 Fundamentalist protestants
Gulf Coast
 1901 discovery of Spindletop near Beaumont
 Industrial petrochemical and shipping center
 2nd and 3rd generation wealth
South Texas
 Earliest area settled by Europeans
 Developed ranchero culture reminiscent of Spanish institution
 Creoles- from Spain were economic, social, and political elite
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Cowboys were the mestizos- mixed blood peoples, who did ranch
work
 Large family owned ranches

 “The Valley” is the Rio Grande Valley, is semitropical and now
producer of veggie and citrus products, includes “Winter Garden”
by Crystal City
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Economy is closely tied to Mexico’s
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