Indeed! I lived in TX for 10 years in the 1970s. Lokks of books a pamphles were published in celebration of t e Bi-Centenniel and I lapped up every one of them. After one true account of early TX history where the poor woman was abandoned by her ne’er do well husband to face childbirth in a cabin by herself with only her child by an earlier marriage to help her deliver her baby and panther’s prowling outside her door. I remember squinting my eyes and staring at the undeveloped land around our subdivision and wondering how the earliest Texans made it and why they even tried.
I was born in CA which was a far more hospitable land. It was quite an experience to move to TX. I always said that it would never have become a powerhouse without AC!
I was born in Houston without A/C in 1940 . My parent didn’t get it until over 20 years later.
We had no idea how miserable we were! ; )