Texas has changed dramatically since then in just a little over one and a half centuries, from a rural backwater on the fringes of the world to an economic powerhouse home to tens of millions.

从那时起，德克萨斯州在短短一个半世纪多的时间里发生了巨大的变化，从一个处于世界边缘的落后农村变成了一个拥有数千万人口的经济强地。