This is a must read for all born & bred Texans, used-to-be Texans, adopted Texans or wanna-be Texans,
JUST TEXAS
Pep , Texas 79353, ` Smiley, Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Sweet Home, Texas 77987 Comfort, Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530
LOVE THE SUN
Sun City , Texas 78628
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sunray , Texas 79086
WANT SOMETHIN' TA EAT?
Bacon, 76301
Oatmeal, 78605
Trout, 75789
Salty, 76567
Pearland, 77581
TOP THAT OFF WITH...
Sweetwater, 79556
WHY TRAVEL ALL OVER THE PLACE, WE GOT EM ALL RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS!
Detroit, Texas 75436
Colorado City, Texas 79512 Denver City, Texas 79323
Klondike, Texas 75448
Memphis, Texas 79245
Boston, Texas 75570
Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861 Reno, Texas 75462
Pasadena, Texas 77506
FEEL LIKE TRAVELING OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY?
Athens, Texas 75751
China, Texas 77613
Ireland, Texas 76538
Turkey, Texas 79261
New London, Texas 75682 Paris, Texas 75460
Palestine, Texas 75801
NO NEED TO GO TO WASHINGTON D.C.
Whitehouse , Texas 75791
WE EVEN HAVE A CITY NAMED AFTER OUR PLANET!
Earth , Texas 79031
WE HAVE ANOTHER NAMED AFTER OUR GREAT STATE
Texas City , Texas 77590
EXHAUSTED?
Energy , Texas 76452
COLD???
Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas
READ ABOUT HISTORY
Santa Anna , Texas
Alamo , Texas
Robert Lee, Texas
OFFICE SUPPLIES
Staples, Texas 78670
GO TO OUTER SPACE
Venus , Texas 76084
THE STATE LINE
Texline , Texas 79087
FOR THE KIDDOS
Kermit , Texas 79745
Nemo , Texas 76070
Winnie , Texas 77665
OTHER CITY NAMES TO MAKE YOU SMILE ;-)
Frognot, Texas 75424
Hogeye, Texas 75423
Notrees, Texas 79759
Veribest, Texas 76886
Dime Box, Texas 77853
Telephone, Texas 75488
Whiteface, Texas 79379
LAST BUT LEAST ... the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore, Texas 75662
MORE FAVORITES;
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Muleshoe, Texas
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas ...
If someone at Lowe's offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Texas ;
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas ;
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas ;
If Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas ;
If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas ;
If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas ;
If you install security lights on your house and garage, & leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas ;
If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas
If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph --you're going 80 and everybody's passing you, you may live in Texas ;
If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas ;
If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas ..
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 , July 4, 1883.
5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water. Unfortunately it was destroyed by Hurricane Ike 2008!
6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at 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 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island .
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20,1969, was " Houston ," but the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island
13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43” in 24 hours between Friendswood and Alvin in July of 1979...
14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 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 in Dr Pepper.
18. Texas has had six capital cities: Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston, Velasco, West Columbia and Austin ..
19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).
20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington monument.
21. The name “ Texas ” comes from the Hasini Indian word ‘’tejas” meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.
22. The State Mascot 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)
23. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston .
Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on 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.
Y'all git all that?
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