The Texas state seal is similar to the one used by the Republic of Texas, a five-pointed star encircled by an olive and oak branch. The obverse side includes the flags of the six governing entities having once held reign over the area: the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Spain, the United States of Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America.
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Alabama’s current state seal is the same design used when Alabama was a territory. Designed by William Bibb, a territorial and later the state’s first elected governor, the seal used a map to highlight the main rivers of Alabama. In 1868, it was replaced by an image of an eagle perched on a shield holding a banner bearing the motto “Here We Rest. This was replaced with Bibb’s original concept in 1939.
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The first General Assembly of Colorado approved the state’s seal in 1877, one year after Colorado was admitted to the Union. The seal incorporates the “All Seeing Eye, a Roman fasces, and a shield featuring three snow-capped mountain peaks and two mining tools as an indicator of how important mining has been to Colorado’s economy. The Latin motto “Nil Sine Numine” translates as “Nothing Without Providence.”
