Texas Trivia:

Here are some little known Texas facts.

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, Houston.

Brazoria County 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. *** PRIDE HERE!

Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978. [Seems late to me]

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.

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.

The State shell is Lightning Whelk

The 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, the only State that can do so.)

A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.

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.

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) yeah baby

The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning

friends. [All of us old Tejas Club members at ET knew this.]

The State animal is the Armadillo.

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

Miss Texas has achieved the final 10 in the Miss America contest more

frequently than contestants from any other state.

You can always tell a Texan.

You just can't tell him much.

http://sdbirds.basiclink.com/  I don't really give a gnatcatcher's behind, let the ornithologists argue it out.

That said, I did enjoy your list. My wife was a military brat who saw a lot of this country growing up. Her favorite city: Wichita Falls, TX. Friendliest people in the world.

Here's one more...

The highest point in Texas is an overpass outside Arlington.

Texas A & M has more officers in the military the West Point

Plus an Aggie can whip any 3 DamnYankee (one word in Texas)West Pointer's anyway!!!

I had never heard that one about the birds before, I just received this in an email. I knew quite a few of them already, but I wasn't going to spend my day trying to verify every last one to see if it was true or not. I just thought it was interesting, especially if your a Texan.

GIG'EM,

DAN

I can attest to the El Paso one...

RasDas

Joe

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, the only State that can do so.)

I thought the flag height thing was because Texas was the only state ever recogized as a soverign nation by the U.S. (for ten years!, and we had our own Navy!)

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/texasflag.asp 

Sorry 😞

Oh, but I did check out Caddo Lake. The official site does say that is *was* the only natural lake in Texas. It was dammed some time back, so the naturalness is now compromised. And Texas shares this special lake with Louisiana. Man, Texas must be dry! And I don't have anything to do today but Google the CBid forum....

ill second daglyde's gig em, and im from arlington, darn right that overpass is huge

jordo

drnos

I can show you and snoops where you're wrong on this. I'll have to get back to you in a few days though. I have the info on my computer at work so the next time I'm in I'll post it here for you. I'll also have to educate snoops as well.................

I been eating jalapeno jelly since the late 60s'. And my mother tells me my grandmother had been making it all of her life. Maybe the first commercially available jalapeno jelly, was made in Texas in the 70's. But not the first. I can't even claim that for my grandmother. Don't know who first made it.

Later

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)