This shot didn’t win, but the pecan would become the Texas state tree in 1919. Its popularity had been growing since 1906, when former Governor James Hogg’s last wishes included a walnut tree ...

In 1919, thanks to Hogg, the pecan was named the state tree. Today the pecan is thriving. In 1981 the Texas harvest was 62 million pounds (almost a fifth of the national total) and had a value of ...

Is it wrong to pluck a pecan ... tree and the fruit it bears belong to them — even if fruit-laden branches overhang your property," the late attorney Jedediah Mannis wrote in an article on Nolo, a ...

“I pick up pecans during pecan season harvesting,” says Koons. But unfortunately, the 100-year-old tree was damaged by the tornado that hit East Texas homes earlier this week. Today, Koons spent his ...

Big Valley Pecan Farm in San Saba County ... harvesting 4.5 million pounds of the tree nuts each year, according to the Texas State Historical Association. He is credited by the Fort Worth ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas ... removing ashe juniper trees, which produce the cedar pollen that makes so many Central Texans sniffle and sneeze. The bill's author, State Sen. Adam Hinojosa (R-Corpus ...

Consequently, in 1932 the first pecan trees were planted to back up the cotton crop. In the late ‘30s other land was given to alfalfa and stock-raising to further diversify the farms’ interests.

The “Centennial Time Capsule” is heading to Blanco State Park, part of the capsule’s 50-year trek to visit all 89 state parks.