This is a must read for all Texans, Used-to-be Texans, Adopted Texans or Wannabe Texans:
JUST TEXAS
Comfort, Texas
Friendship, Texas
Paradise, Texas
Pep, Texas
Rainbow, Texas
Smiley, Texas
Sweet Home, Texas
Love the Sun?
Sun City, Texas
Sundown, Texas
Sunray, Texas
Sunrise, Texas
Sunset, Texas
Sunny Side, Texas
Want something to eat?
Bacon, Texas
Noodle, Texas
Oatmeal, Texas
Orange, Texas
Pearland, Texas
Rice, Texas
Salty, Texas
Sugarland, Texas
Sweetwater, Texas
Trout, Texas
And top it off with
Turkey, Texas
Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Boston, Texas
Cleveland, Texas
Colorado City, Texas
Columbus, Texas
Denver City, Texas
Detroit, Texas
Klondike, Texas
Memphis, Texas
Miami, Texas
Nevada, Texas
Pasadena, Texas
Reno, Texas
Santa Fe, Texas
Tennessee Colony, Texas
Feel like traveling outside the country?
Athens, Texas
Canadian, Texas
China, Texas
Egypt, Texas
Ireland, Texas
Italy, Texas
London, Texas
New London, Texas
Paris, Texas
Palestine, Texas
Turkey, Texas
No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse, Texas
We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth, Texas
We even have a city named after our state
Texas City, Texas
Exhausted?
Energy, Texas
Cold?
Blanket, Texas
Winters, Texas
Like to read about History?
Alamo, Texas
Goliad, Texas
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Robert Lee, Texas
Santa Anna, Texas
Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas
Want to go into outer space?
Mars, Texas
Venus, Texas
You guessed it, it's on the state line
Texline, Texas
For the kids
Elmo, Texas
Kermit, Texas
Nemo, Texas
Sylvester, Texas
Tarzan, Texas
Winnie, Texas
Other city names in Texas, to make you smile
Best, Texas
Veribest, Texas
Bigfoot, Texas
Cactus, Texas
Dime Box, Texas
Old Dime Box, Texas
Frognot, Texas
Hogeye, Texas
Kickapoo, Texas
Notrees, Texas
Telephone, Texas
Telegraph, Texas
Twitty, Texas
Whiteface, Texas
And our favorites
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas
Gun Barrell City, Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
and, of course,
Muleshoe, Texas
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas
If someone in a Lowe's store 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, but 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, and 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
Beaumont to El Paso - 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago - 770 miles
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
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.
(Destroyed by Hurricane Ike -2008! )
The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach at Rice University in 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
Jalapeno jelly originated in the town of Lake Jackson in 1978
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
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
The King Ranch in South Texas is larger than the state of Rhode Island
Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43” in 24 hours
in and around Alvin, Texas in July of 1979
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
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 in Dr Pepper
Texas has had six capital cities:
Washington on the Brazos
Harrisburg
Galveston
Velasco
West Columbia
and
Austin
The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. that is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (by 7 feet)
The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington monument
The name 'Texas ' comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning friends.
Tejas is not Spanish for Texas
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)
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston
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 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? Pretty cool!!
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