Lone Star

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Lone Star (Lonestar or Lone Stars) may refer to:

• Lone Star Flag, the official flag of the U.S. State of Texas
  • The Lone Star State, an official nickname for the U.S. State of Texas; derived from the flag
• Lone Star, Texas, a city in east Texas, USA
• Lone Star, South Carolina, a town in Calhoun County, South Carolina, USA
• Lone Star (passenger train), a former Amtrak passenger train between the U.S. cities of Houston and Chicago, via Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and Kansas City
• Lone Star (SSW passenger train), a passenger train operated by St. Louis Southwestern Railway between the U.S. cities of St. Louis, Memphis, Texarkana and Dallas.
• Lone Star (band), a 1970s British rock band
• Lonestar, an award-winning American country music band
  • Lonestar (album), the debut album recorded by the country band of the same name
• Lone Star (beer), a brand of beer sold in Texas, USA
• Lone Star Brewing Company, company who produces Lone Star (beer).
• Lone Star (1952 film), a film starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Lionel Barrymore, and Ed Begley
• Lone Star (1996 film), a film directed by John Sayles and starring Chris Cooper
• Lone Star (novel), a book for young adults by actress and author Barbara Barrie
• Lone Star (Shadowrun), the name of a fictional private security firm in the Shadowrun role-playing game that provides police services for the future version of Seattle and other cities
• Lone Star Love, a 2007 American musical.
• Lone Starr, a main protagonist in Mel Brooks' film Spaceballs
• Liberia national football team, nicknamed Lone stars
• Austin Lone Stars, a former U.S. soccer team
• KZPS, a Dallas-Fort Worth radio station going by the name of "Lone Star 92.5"
• Lone Star Conference, a College Athletic Conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II.

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• Lone Star (1920 automobile), an early American automobile
• Lone Star Funds, a private equity firm
• Lone Star Industries, a private mineral extraction and processing company in the USA
• Lone Star Music, aka lonestarmusic.com is an online music site featuring Texas, Red Dirt, and Americana music.
• Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, a chain of steakhouse restaurants in Australia and North America.
• Lone Star Toys, a brand of die cast toys available in the UK. They made a range of very small railroad track and rolling stock. They also made toy guns.
• Lonestar (cartoon), a common misconception for the cartoon actually called Bravestarr.
• Lonestar (TV channel), a digital television channel in Canada