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| | East Texas Baptist University -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
 | | city, seat of Tarrant county, north-central Texas, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Clear and West forks of the Trinity River and constitutes the western portion of the DallasFort Worth urban area, known locally as the Metroplex. |
 | | Phoenix lies along the Salt River, and is situated midway between El Paso, Texas, and Los Angeles, Calif. The city occupies a semiarid, saucer-shaped valley that is surrounded by mountains and green irrigated fields. |
 | | When Mexico became an independent country in 1821, Texas became a Mexican state and new settlers from the United States were... |
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