Facts About Texas

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[FlyLow]

No one asked for these, but here are some little known facts about Texas. I know y'all just can't wait to read them!

Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles World's first rodeo was in Pecos... July 4, 1883. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University, Houston. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978. The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900 caused by a hurricane in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston." El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas. Laredo is the world's largest inland port. Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden with over 38,000 bushes with 500 varieties on 22 acres. The State shell is Lightning Whelk. King Ranch is larger than Rhode Island. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July 1979. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly a t the same height as the US flag.) A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper. Texas has had six capital cities . 1. Washington-on-the-Brazos 2. Harrisburg 3. Galveston 4. Velasco 5. West Columbia 6. Austin The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (by 7 feet). The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "Tejas" meaning friends. Tejas is not Mexican for Texas. The State animal is the Armadillo. * The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.

IT IS THE ONLY STATE THAT CAN HAVE A REFERENDUM AND DIVIDE ITSELF INTO FIVE (5) STATES, PER ITS TREATY TO BECOME PART OF THE UNITED STATES.

*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!

[Senator Pardek]

#100 was for youse guys also.

[mylife]

It sure does

[normy]

Thank you. I was going from memory. I thought Utah was one and forgot Idaho. I need to get me that map for my office.

[normy]

The Dallas Cowboys have won 5 Superbowls and played in 7.

[Dog Gone]

Texas is more into football, although it was pretty funny to steal two Yankee pitchers in recent months. Youse guys were more upset than Houston fans were happy.

[ru4liberty]

I made that exact same trek several years back. People were incredulous when I told them that El Paso was the halfway point between Houston and Los Angeles. More non-Texans were surprised by that factoid than Texans. ;)

[Eaker]

"Yet you allow millions of illegal aliens to run loose all over the state?"

California slamming Texas over illegal aliens????

Come on Joe........

[Cathryn Crawford]

See how special Texas is? I certianly don't want to hear any more of your jokes about "crazy Texans"!!!!

[Scenic Sounds]

See how special Texas is? I certianly don't want to hear any more of your jokes about "crazy Texans"!!!!

I think that Texas is an adorable little state. In California, we think of Texas as like our little sister.

Texas is coming along nicely, I think. ;-)

[Cathryn Crawford]

Texas is coming along nicely, I think.

I'm glad you think so. Your opinion is what keep Texas going, you know. ROFL

[N8VTXNinWV]

Thought your Wooster & Markie would enjoy these! (Since they are my fellow Natives!)

[Scenic Sounds]

I'm glad you think so. Your opinion is what keep Texas going, you know. ROFL

Thanks. I know that I was the first one to tell you that Texas has only two syllables. ROFL. ;-)

[Cathryn Crawford]

Thanks. I know that I was the first one to tell you that Texas has only two syllables. ROFL.

Yes, you were. I lived in ignorance till you came along. LOL

[ru4liberty]

Lived in Texas. Moved to California. Came back to Texas. Nuff said. :)

[Joe Hadenuf]

Man, you guys sure are sensitive about your illegals. Hey, I admit they are crawling all over my state, and most of the country now for that matter. Never denied it. Sheesh..

[thackney]

Man, you guys sure are sensitive about your illegals.

He's just upset that they won't establish a season and bag limit.

[Rightly Biased]

Texas also gave us these fine flags

More Here about Texas and Freedom

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Tagline...

[Texas2step]

That's the reason there's that old country song, "Lookin' at Texas in my rearview mirror"

Actually, it was "I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror.", a song by Mac Davis. Having grown up in Lubbock and a short career in Hollyweird, the song was about believing that we'll be happier "if only".

In Mac's case, he thought he'd be happy anywhere but Lubbock, and he really thought Hollyweird would make him happy. He discovered that that wasn't the case.

[Texas2step]

Another interesting fact that more people fought at the Alamo from the states of OH, KY, TN, AL, and many other states, than people from the TX Teritory (If I remember right, that number was 3). So TX you are welcome. Your ability to join the US was paid for with the blood of NON Texans.

Actually, these men who died for Texas were immigrants to Texas. The fact that they were born in other states had no bearing on what they became.

If you think about it, in the U.S., we all came from somewhere else first (except the Native Americans). That's doesn't mean that we're not all Americans now.

Yes, some men came just to fight in this war for Tejas indepedence, but they did so with the intent on becoming Texans, and are considered so by their current day Texas brothers.

All 3 of the Texican's who were "from" Tejas were of hispanic descent. They were fighting for Texas independence, just like the guys from Tennessee.

There were also people from other countries, including England, Germany, and others. The fact is they left their place of orgin in search of a better life.

Kinda makes you wonder why so many Tennesseans gave their life at the Alamo. (Tennessee is the state from which the most men came who died at the Alamo). Better to die at the Alamo than remain in Tennessee?

God Bless them all. They were immigrant Texans, but they were Texans, if in spirit only.