Sentence:  And so , after a flight southeast to Savannakhet , we found ourselves bouncing along in a Jeep right behind the Land-Rover of Prince Boun Oum of Champassak , a tall man of Churchillian mien in a bush jacket and a ten-gallon hat from <WSD>Texas</WSD> . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico