Texas Style

Little Known Texas Facts

Beaumont (where I live) TX to El Paso TX: 742 miles
Beaumont TX to Chicago IL: 770 miles

World's first rodeo was in Pecos TX ... 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 WilliamHeisman who was the first full time coach for RiceUniversity in Houston.

Brazoria County has more species of birds than any otherarea in North America.

Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of NorthAmerica'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 1900caused by a hurricane in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.

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 rosegarden with over 38,000 bushes with 500 varieties on 22acres.

King Ranch is larger than Rhode Island.

Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall recordof 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 yearsold.

Caddo Lake 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.

Bordon Milk Company was started at Bordon, Texas between Columbus and Weimar.

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 Capitol Building in Washington D.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. 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.

The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.

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 "KingRanch" 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 feller'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 have a good day now, ya hear?!

"The cowboy knew that his life had a purpose. It was a gift from God, to be steward of the land, livestock and the people you love."
William Eardley