| Madame0120 |
07-11-2006 04:58 AM |
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Originally Posted by minusonebit
Texas is the most worthless state, with Flordia, Louisana, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and California running very close behind. Oh wait, and I forgot Arizona, that wasteland of a wetback filled state.
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Texas Facts and Trivia
- Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.
- Although six flags have flown over Texas, there have been eight changes of government: Spanish 1519-1685, French 1685-1690, Spanish 1690-1821, Mexican 1821-1836, Republic of Texas 1836-1845, United States 1845-1861, Confederate States 1861-1865, United States 1865-present
- The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
- More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States.
- Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.
- The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
- Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer.
- On December 20, 1835 the first Declaration of Texas Independence was signed in Goliad and the first flag of Texas Independence was hoisted.
- The Hertzberg Circus Museum in San Antonio contains one of the largest assortments of circusana in the world.
- Austin is considered the live music capital of the world.
- Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.
- Professional sports teams include the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Houston Astros, Houston Comets, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Texas Rangers.
- Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.
- The first suspension bridge in the United States was the Waco Bridge. Built in 1870 and still in use today as a pedestrian crossing of the Brazos River.
- The capitol in Austin opened May 16, 1888. The dome of the building stands seven feet higher than that of the nation's Capitol in Washington.
- Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.
- Texas has the first domed stadium in the country. The structure was built in Houston and opened in April 1965.
- The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.
- Texas possesses three of the top ten most populous cities in the United States. These towns are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.
- Texas includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area.
- The state's cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million.
- More land is farmed in Texas than in any other state.
- More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States.
- Laredo is the world's largest inland port.
- The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden. It contains 38,000 rose bushes representing 500 varieties of roses set in a 22-acre garden.
- Amarillo has the world's largest helium well.
- The world's first rodeo was held in Pecos on July 4, 1883.
- The Flagship Hotel on Seawall Boulevard in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built entirely over the water.
- The Heisman trophy is named for John William Heisman the first full-time coach and athletic director at Rice University in Houston.
- Jalapeno pepper jelly originated in Lake Jackson and was first marketed in 1978.
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