Texas trivia, info
my mom sent me this email and i thoguht it was pretty interesting. it was facts, trivia about Texas. Gotta love the state and if u dont then your crazy! the best things come from texas. Whataburger, Bleu Edmondson and us cute lil hispanic girls hehe. well here is the stuff she sent me. Enjoy! :D
Little Texas Facts
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 in Houston.
BrazoriaCounty 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 GalvestonIsland.
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.
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 at the same height as the US flag.)
A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500
years old.
CaddoLake 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 CapitolBuilding
in WashingtonD.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.
*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!
AMERICAN BY BIRTH.
TEXAN BY THE GRACE OF GOD!
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - TEXAS STYLE
People here in Texas have trouble with all those
shalls and shall nots in the 10 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 CrossTrailsChurch 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.
Little Texas Facts
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 in Houston.
BrazoriaCounty 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 GalvestonIsland.
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.
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 at the same height as the US flag.)
A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500
years old.
CaddoLake 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 CapitolBuilding
in WashingtonD.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.
*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!
AMERICAN BY BIRTH.
TEXAN BY THE GRACE OF GOD!
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - TEXAS STYLE
People here in Texas have trouble with all those
shalls and shall nots in the 10 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 CrossTrailsChurch 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.