[Vhfcn-l] Texas City Trivia

Fri Jan 24 23:17:42 EST 2020

Well, my grandfather was born in Rose Bud Texas in 1862.  I've never been
there, but it sounds like a great place, and a visit is on my bucket list!
Ralph

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 9:13 PM Darrell Elmore via Vhfcn-l <
vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Grow via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org>
> To: MoeElmore <MoeElmore at aol.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 23, 2020 8:00 pm
> Subject: [Vhfcn-l] Texas City Trivia
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> Subject: Texas City Trivia
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>   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........
>
> .
>   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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