IT's all about TEXAS...Some little known interesting facts about my state.....
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
El Paso is closer to California then 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.
The Heisman Trophy was names after John William Heisman, who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston.
Brazoria County as 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.
Should I continue, but of course............
Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane,in which over 6,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.
The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston."
King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island.
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.
Amen for today, tune in tomorrow for more facts....:-)
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