[Vhfcn-l] Texas City Trivia

Thu Jan 23 21:11:04 EST 2020

Well my sister used to live in Duplex, when she had kids it doubled the population. Not far from Telephone and just down the road from Honey Grove and Bug Tussle. The coldest town is often Dalhart, the hottest is often Brownsville.  We have German speakers in Seminole, Fredricksburg and Meunster.  Czech speakers in East!  A bit of Cajun is spoken in deep southeast Texas just to even it out.  

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Subject: Texas City Trivia

  This is a must read for all Texans, used-to-be Texans, adopted Texans or wanna-be Texans,

  JUST TEXAS

  Pep , Texas 79353
  Smiley , Texas 78159
  Paradise , Texas 76073
  Rainbow , Texas 76077
  Sweet Home , Texas 77987
  Comfort , Texas 78013
  Friendship, Texas 76530

  Love the Sun?

  Sun City , Texas 78628
  Sunrise , Texas 76661
  Sunset, Texas 76270
  Sundown, Texas 79372
  Sunray , Texas 79086
  Sunny Side , Texas 77423

  Want something to eat?

  Bacon , Texas 76301
  Noodle , Texas 79536
  Oatmeal , Texas 78605
  Turkey , Texas 79261
  Trout , Texas 75789
  Sugar Land , Texas 77479
  Salty, Texas 76567
  Rice , Texas 75155
  Pearland , Texas 77581
  Orange , Texas 77630
  And top it off with:
  Sweetwater , Texas 79556

  Why travel to other states? Texas has them all!

  Detroit , Texas 75436
  Cleveland , Texas 75436
  Colorado City , Texas 79512
  Denver City , Texas 79323
  Klondike , Texas 75448
  Nevada , Texas 75173
  Memphis , Texas 79245
  Miami , Texas 79059
  Boston , Texas 75570
  Santa Fe , Texas 77517
  Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861
  Reno , Texas 75462
  Pasadena , Texas 77506
  Columbus , Texas 78934

  Feel like traveling outside the country?

  Athens , Texas 75751
  Canadian, Texas 79014
  China , Texas 77613
  Egypt , Texas 77436
  Ireland , Texas 76538
  Italy , Texas 76538
  Turkey , Texas 79261
  London , Texas 76854
  New London , Texas 75682
  Paris , Texas 75460
  Palestine , Texas 75801

  No need to travel to Washington D.C.

  Whitehouse , Texas 75791

  We even have a city named after our planet!

  Earth , Texas 79031

  We have a city named after our state

 Texas City , Texas 77590

  Exhausted?

  Energy , Texas 76452

  Cold?
  Blanket , Texas 76432
  Winters, Texas

  Like to read about History?

  Santa Anna , Texas
  Goliad , Texas
  Alamo , Texas
  Gun Barrel City , Texas
  Robert Lee , Texas

  Need Office Supplies?

  Staples, Texas 78670

  Want to go into outer space?

  Venus , Texas 76084
  Mars , Texas 79062

  You guessed it.. It's on the state line.

  Texline , Texas 79087

  For the kids...
  Kermit , Texas 79745
  Elmo , Texas 75118
  Nemo , Texas 76070
  Tarzan , Texas 79783
  Winnie , Texas 77665
  Sylvester , Texas 79560

  Other city names in Texas , to make you smile........

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  Frognot , Texas 75424
  Bigfoot , Texas 78005
  Hogeye , Texas 75423
  Cactus , Texas 79013
  Notrees , Texas 79759
  Best, Texas 76932
  Veribest , Texas 76886
  Kickapoo , Texas 75763
  Dime Box , Texas 77853
  Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
  Telephone , Texas 75488
  Telegraph , Texas 76883
  Whiteface , Texas 79379
  Twitty, Texas 79079

  And our favorites...

  Cut n Shoot, Texas
  Gun Barrell City , Texas
  Hoop And Holler, Texas
  Ding Dong, 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 --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. 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 in and around 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 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?
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