7393~The flower known as the Yellow Rose of Texas was first found in the United States in New York City. A lawyer named George Harrison (!) found it as a seedling in the 1830s on his farm near what is now Penn Station. The rose was brought out west by settlers and--according to legend--adopted by Texans after Mexican General Santa Ana was distracted by a beautiful woman wearing it in her hair.

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