It was never very uniform, but parts of Texas were quite violent in the post-Civil War period. Parts of the culture kind of got stuck there. The documentary ab

It was never very uniform, but parts of Texas were quite violent in the post-Civil War period. Parts of the culture kind of got stuck there. The documentary about Todd Willingham goes into it at some depth. So far as the Federal government goes, Texas has an active secession movement. They don't seem very dangerous.