Texas History.....

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Texas History.....

Here are some little known, very interesting

facts about Texas..

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, Texas

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 Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of

North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.

9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in

1978.

10. 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.

11. The first word spoken from the moon, July

20, 1969, was "Houston."

12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than

Rhode Island.

13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a US.

rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July 1979.

14. 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.

15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to

be 1500 years old.

16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the

state.

17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885.

There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.

18. Texas has had six capital cities:

18.1. Washington-on-the-Brazos

18.2. Harrisburg

18.3. Galveston

18.4. Velasco

18.5. West Columbia

18.6. Austin

19. 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).

20. The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian

word "tejas" meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.

21. 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!)

22. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the

Astrodome in Houston.

Now that's kinda plain an' simple don't ya

think?

Y'all have a good Day. Ye hear now ?

"THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU"