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A lesson on Texas History and Geography. Little known but are
true facts.
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This is
a must read for all
Texans, used-to-be
Texans, adopted
Texans or wanna-be
Texans:
Just Texas
Pep ,
Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas 76077
Sweet Home , Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530
Love
the sun?
Sun City,
Texas 78628
Sunrise, Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray, Texas 79086
Sunny Side, Texas 77423
Want
something to eat?
Bacon ,
Texas 76301
Noodle , Texas 79536
Oatmeal , Texas 78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout , Texas 75789
Sugar Land , Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas 75155
Pearland , Texas 77581
Orange , Texas 77630
And top it off with:
Sweetwater , Texas 79556
Why
travel to other
cities? Texas has them
all!
Detroit ,
Texas 75436
Cleveland , Texas 75436
Colorado City , Texas
79512
Denver City , Texas
79323
Klondike , Texas 75448
Newark, Texas
76071
Nevada ,
Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas 79245
Miami , Texas 79059
Boston , Texas 75570
Santa Fe , Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony , Texas
75861
Reno , Texas 75462
Pasadena , Texas 77506
Columbus , Texas 78934
Feel
like traveling outside
the country?
Athens ,
Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Dublin, Texas
76446
Egypt ,
Texas 77436
Ireland, Texas 76538
Italy, Texas 76538
Turkey, Texas 79261
London , Texas 76854
New London, Texas 75682
Paris, Texas 75460
Palestine, Texas 75801
No need
to travel to
Washington D.C.
Whitehouse,
Texas 75791
We even
have a city named
after our planet!
Earth,
Texas 79031
We have
a city named after our
state:
Texas
City, Texas 77590
Exhausted?
Energy,
Texas 76452
Cold?
Blanket,
Texas 76432
Winters, Texas 79567
Like to
read about History?
Santa
Anna , Texas 76878
Goliad , Texas
77963
Alamo , Texas
78516
Gun
Barrel City , Texas
75156
Robert
Lee , Texas 76945
Need
Office Supplies?
Staples,
Texas 78670
Want to
go into outer space?
Venus ,
Texas 76084
Mars , Texas 79062
You
guessed it. It's on
the state line.
Texline ,
Texas 79087
For the
kids...
Kermit ,
Texas 79745
Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070
Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665
Sylvester , Texas 79560
Other
city names in Texas ,
to make you
smile......
Frognot ,
Texas 75424
Bigfoot , Texas 78005
Hogeye , Texas 75423
Cactus , Texas 79013
Notrees , Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo , Texas 75763
Dime Box , Texas 77853
Old Dime Box , Texas
77853
Telephone , Texas 75488
Telegraph , Texas 76883
Whiteface , Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079
And
last but not least,
the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore ,
Texas 75662
And our
favorites...
Cut and
Shoot, Texas 77303
Gun Barrell City , Texas
75147
Ding Dong, Texas
West,
Texas (it’s in Central
Texas )
and, of
course,
Muleshoe , Texas 79347
Here is
what Jeff Foxworthy
has to say about folks
from Texas
If
someone in a Lowe's
store offers you
assistance and they
don't work
there, you may live in
Texas ;
If you've worn shorts
and a parka at the same
time, you may live in
Texas ;
If you've had a lengthy
telephone conversation
with someone who dialed
a
wrong number, you may
live in Texas ;
If 'Vacation' means
going anywhere south of
Dallas for the weekend,
you may
live in Texas ;
If you measure distance
in hours, you may live
in Texas ;
If you know several
people who have hit a
deer more than once, you
may live
in Texas ;
If you install security
lights on your house and
garage, but leave both
unlocked, you may live
in Texas ;
If you carry jumper
cables in your car and
your wife knows how to
use them,
you may live in Texas
If the speed limit on
the highway is 55 mph
--you're going 80 and
everybody's passing you,
you may live in Texas ;
If you find 60 degrees
'a little chilly,' you
may live in Texas ;
If you actually
understand these jokes,
and share them with all
your Texas
friends, you definitely
live in Texas ..
Here
are some little known,
very interesting facts
about Texas .
1...
Beaumont to El Paso :
742 miles
2... Beaumont to Chicago
: 770 miles
3... El Paso is closer
to California than to
Dallas
4…
World's first rodeo was
in Pecos , July 4, 1883.
5… The
Flagship Hotel in
Galveston is the only
hotel in North America
built over water.
Destroyed by Hurricane
Ike -2008!
6… The
Heisman Trophy was named
after John William
Heisman who was the
first
full-time coach at Rice
University in Houston.
7...
Brazoria County has more
species of birds than
any other area in North
America
8...
Aransas Wildlife Refuge
is the winter home of
North America 's only
remaining flock of
whooping cranes.
9…
Jalapeno jelly
originated in Lake
Jackson in 1978.
10… The
worst natural disaster
in U.S. history was in
1900, caused by a
hurricane, in which over
8,000 lives were lost on
Galveston Island.
11… The
first word spoken from
the moon, July 20,1969,
was "Houston," but
the space center was
actually in Clear Lake
City at the time.
12...
King Ranch in South
Texas is larger than
Rhode Island ..
13...
Tropical Storm Claudette
brought a U.S. rainfall
record of 43' in 24
hours in and around
Alvin in July of 1979...
14...
Texas is the only state
to enter the U.S. by
TREATY, (known as the
Constitution of 1845 by
the Republic of Texas to
enter the Union )
instead of by
annexation. This allows
the Texas Flag to fly at
the same
height as the U.S. Flag,
and may divide into 5
states.
15... A
Live Oak tree near
Fulton is estimated to
be 1500 years old.
16… Caddo
Lake is the only natural
lake in the state.
17... Dr
Pepper was invented in
Waco in 1885. There is
no period in Dr
Pepper..
18… Texas
has had six capital
cities:
Washington -on- the
Brazos, Harrisburg ,
Galveston ,Velasco, West
Columbia
and Austin ..
19... The
Capitol Dome in Austin
is the only dome in the
U.S. which is
taller than the Capitol
Building in Washington
DC (by 7 feet).
20. The
San Jacinto Monument is
the tallest free
standing monument in the
world and it is taller
than the Washington
monument.
21. The
name 'Texas' comes from
the Hasini Indian word
'tejas' meaning
friends. Tejas is not
Spanish for Texas .
22. The
State Mascot is the
Armadillo (an
interesting bit of
trivia about
the armadillo is they
always have four babies.
They have one egg, which
splits into four, and
they either have four
males or four females.).
23. The
first domed stadium in
the U.S. was the
Astrodome in Houston .
Cowboy's
Ten Commandments
posted on the wall at
Cross Trails Church in
Fairlie, Texas :
(1) Just
one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma &
Pa.
(3) No telling tales or
gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to
Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before
God.
(6) No foolin' around
with another fellow's
gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what
ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin'
for yer buddy's stuff.
Y'all
git all that?
Lord,
keep Your arm around my
shoulder
and Your hand over my
mouth.
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"It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells
What
Kind Of Life You Have Lived!"
--
God Bless,
Bob W7IKT & Carol N5CBQ Heiser
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