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08-17-2006, 05:42 PM
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Texas Facts yet another email about Texas that is worth posting...
You probably already know most of these...
Little Known Texas Facts
Here are some little known Texas facts:
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
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 in 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..."
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 of 1979.
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at 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 Spanish for Texas.
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!)
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
You probably already know most of these...
Little Known Texas Facts
Here are some little known Texas facts:
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
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 in 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..."
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 of 1979.
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at 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 Spanish for Texas.
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!)
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
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Originally Posted by BizZzatch350
haha Take that Mexico!
Yeah, and after you take that, we've got some displaced folks from just to the east you can take too!!
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Originally Posted by BizZzatch350
The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning
friends.
Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.
haha Take that Mexico!
friends.
Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.
haha Take that Mexico!
08-17-2006, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Latin-Man
i thought it was Dublin Tx, AKA Dublin Dr Pepper (once a year for 3 days I believe)
Dr Pepper was created in Waco, Dublin Dr Pepper is the only Dr Pepper left that is made with Imperial sugar not corn syrup.