The Southwest

– dry, semi-arid land
– deserts, pueblos, cattle, cowboys, sagebrush
Texas
– the second largest state in the US
– wealth based on oil and cotton
– slump in oil prices depressed the whole Texas economy
– West Texas ( = red Texas ) cattle is still important economy factor
– cities – from 80 % rural to 80 % urban in the least 50 years
Dallas
– 150 years ago – Dallas was a log cabin on a dry river bed
– in the middle of the Dallas is bussinnes district
– people say, Dallas revolves round the dollar – getting it and spending it
– more Cadillacs per head than any other city in the world outside Saudi Arabia
– Dallas Museum of Art, the West End Historical District ( natural museum )
– Old factories have been converted into restaurants and galleries
Forth Worth
– 30 miles west from Dallas
– nickname is Cowtown
– stockyard area with real cowboy saloon
Houston
– a boom town
– oil and aerospace industry
– NASA – Mission Control Center
– The most airconditioned city in the world
– Houston’s Astrodome – was the first covered sports stadium, artificial grass, called Astroturf

New Mexico
– the capital is Santa Fe
– founded by the Spanish in 1610
– Pueblo Revolt – every Spaniard was killed or driven out of Santa Fe by native Americans
– The Spanish reconquered it 12 years later
– In 1822 it became Mexican
– In 1846 the city became American
– Bilinguar land ( Spanish, native American )Buildings are flat-roofed, low-rise houses of abobe (vepřovice = pálená cihla