Texas Interesting Facts:
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.
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.
Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
9.
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 .
10. The
first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was " Houston ."
11.
King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island .
12.
Tropical Storm Claudette brought a US . rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in
and around Alvin in July 1979.
13. 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.
14. A
Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
15.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
16. Dr
Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
17.
Texas has had six capital cities:
17.1.
Washington-on-the-Brazos
17.2.
Harrisburg
17.3.
Galveston
17.4.
Velasco
17.5.
West Columbia
17.6.
Austin
18. 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).
19.
The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends. Tejas
is not Spanish for
Texas .
20. 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!)
21. The
first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston .
22. 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 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
Now
that's kinda plain an' simple don't ya think?
Y'all
have a good Day.
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now ?
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