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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
that was built
over water.
6.
The
Heisman Trophy
was named after John William
Heisman who was the first
full-time coach for
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 ."
12.
King Ranch in
South Texas
is larger than
the state of Rhode Island
.
13.
Tropical Storm Claudette
brought a US rainfall record
of 43" in 24 hours in and
around Alvin in July, 1979.
14.
Texas is the
only state to enter the U.S.
by TREATY, (known as
Constitution of 1845 by
Republic of Texas
to enter the union) instead
of by annexation. This
allows the Texas flag to fly
at the same height as the US
flag, and may divide into 4
States.
15.
A Texas Live Oak tree near
Fulton is estimated to be
1,500 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 after
the Dr in Dr Pepper.
18. Texas has had six
capital cities:
-
Washington-on-the-Brazos
-
Harrisburg
-
Galveston
-
Velasco
-
West Columbia
-
Austin
19.
The Capitol Dome in Austin
is the only dome in the U.S.
that is taller than the
Capitol Building in
Washington D.C. (by 7 feet).
20.
The name Texas comes from
the Hasini Indian word
"tejas" meaning friends.
Tejas is not Spanish for
Texas .
21.
The State animal 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.
Well, I thought it
was interesting anyway!)
22.
The first domed stadium in
the U.S. was the Astrodome
in Houston .
23. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS -
TEXAS STYLE
People here in Texas have
trouble with all those
"shalls" and "shall nots" in
the ten Commandments. Folks
here just aren't used to
talking in those terms. So,
some folks out in
west Texas
got together and
translated the "King James"
into "King
Ranch"
language:
Ten Commandments,
Cowboy Style
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
meetin'.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with
another fella'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.
Now that's kinda plain an'
simple don't ya think?
Y'all have a good Day. Ye
hear now ?
"THE
EYES OF TEXAS
ARE UPON YOU"
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