[Vhfcn-l] Texas City Trivia
Arnold B Christensen
abc15 at mindspring.com
Mon Jan 27 14:58:23 EST 2020
Well Richard you can be forgiven for not knowing
much about the facts about Texas. Twenty years
here is not very long to learn much about the
Great Republic...After all it is SO big to know
all about your neighbors in Texas. I been here
for 40+ years and know very little about it.
Chris The Bigfoot
At 12:47 PM 1/25/2020, you wrote:
> I lived in Texas 20 years but knew very little
> of this info. A good read funny but a good
> learning moment. Thanks. Richard lewis Msg, USA
> {ret} On Thursday, January 23, 2020,
> 7:01:06 PM MST, John Grow via Vhfcn-l
> <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote: Subject:
> Texas City Trivia  This is a must read for
> all Texans, used-to-be Texans, adopted Texans
> or wanna-be Texans, Â JUST TEXAS Â Pep ,
> Texas 79353 Â Smiley , Texas 78159 Â Paradise
> , Texas 76073 Â Rainbow , Texas 76077 Â Sweet
> Home , Texas 77987 Â Comfort , Texas 78013
> Â Friendship, Texas 76530 Â Love the Sun?
> Â Sun City , Texas 78628 Â Sunrise , Texas
> 76661 Â Sunset, Texas 76270 Â Sundown, Texas
> 79372 Â Sunray , Texas 79086 Â Sunny Side ,
> Texas 77423 Â Want something to eat? Â Bacon
> , Texas 76301 Â Noodle , Texas 79536
> Â Oatmeal , Texas 78605 Â Turkey , Texas
> 79261 Â Trout , Texas 75789 Â Sugar Land ,
> Texas 77479 Â Salty, Texas 76567 Â Rice ,
> Texas 75155 Â Pearland , Texas 77581 Â Orange
> , Texas 77630 Â And top it off with:
> Â Sweetwater , Texas 79556 Â Why travel to
> other states? Texas has them all! Â Detroit ,
> Texas 75436 Â Cleveland , Texas 75436
> Â Colorado City , Texas 79512 Â Denver City ,
> Texas 79323 Â Klondike , Texas 75448 Â Nevada
> , Texas 75173 Â Memphis , Texas 79245 Â Miami
> , Texas 79059 Â Boston , Texas 75570 Â Santa
> Fe , Texas 77517 Â Tennessee Colony , Texas
> 75861 Â Reno , Texas 75462 Â Pasadena , Texas
> 77506 Â Columbus , Texas 78934 Â Feel like
> traveling outside the country? Â Athens ,
> Texas 75751 Â Canadian, Texas 79014 Â China ,
> Texas 77613 Â Egypt , Texas 77436 Â Ireland ,
> Texas 76538 Â Italy , Texas 76538 Â Turkey ,
> Texas 79261 Â London , Texas 76854 Â New
> London , Texas 75682 Â Paris , Texas 75460
> Â Palestine , Texas 75801 Â No need to travel
> to Washington D.C. Â Whitehouse , Texas 75791
> Â We even have a city named after our planet!
> Â Earth , Texas 79031 Â We have a city named
> after our state Texas City , Texas 77590
> Â Exhausted? Â Energy , Texas 76452 Â Cold?
> Â Blanket , Texas 76432 Â Winters, Texas
> Â Like to read about History? Â Santa Anna ,
> Texas  Goliad , Texas  Alamo , Texas  Gun
> Barrel City , Texas  Robert Lee , Texas
> Â Need Office Supplies? Â Staples, Texas
> 78670 Â Want to go into outer space? Â Venus
> , Texas 76084 Â Mars , Texas 79062 Â You
> guessed it.. It's on the state line. Â Texline
> , Texas 79087 Â For the kids... Â Kermit ,
> Texas 79745 Â Elmo , Texas 75118 Â Nemo ,
> Texas 76070 Â Tarzan , Texas 79783 Â Winnie ,
> Texas 77665 Â Sylvester , Texas 79560 Â Other
> city names in Texas , to make you smile........
> . Â Frognot , Texas 75424 Â Bigfoot , Texas
> 78005 Â Hogeye , Texas 75423 Â Cactus , Texas
> 79013 Â Notrees , Texas 79759 Â Best, Texas
> 76932 Â Veribest , Texas 76886 Â Kickapoo ,
> Texas 75763 Â Dime Box , Texas 77853 Â Old
> Dime Box , Texas 77853 Â Telephone , Texas
> 75488 Â Telegraph , Texas 76883 Â Whiteface ,
> Texas 79379 Â Twitty, Texas 79079 Â And our
> favorites...  Cut n Shoot, Texas  Gun
> Barrell City , Texas  Hoop And Holler, Texas
> Â Ding Dong, Texas and, of course, Â Muleshoe
> , Texas  Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to
> say about folks from Texas ... Â If someone in
> a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they
> don't work there, you may live in Texas ; Â If
> you've worn shorts and a parka at the same
> time, you may live in Texas ; Â If you've had
> a lengthy telephone conversation with someone
> who dialed a wrong number, you may live in
> Texas ; Â If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
> south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live
> in Texas ; Â If you measure distance in hours,
> you may live in Texas ; Â If you know several
> people who have hit a deer more than once, you
> may live in Texas ; Â If you install security
> lights on your house and garage, but leave both
> unlocked, you may live in Texas ; Â If you
> carry jumper cables in your car and your wife
> knows how to use them, you may live in Texas
> Â If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph
> --you're going 80 and everybody's passing you,
> you may live in Texas ; Â If you find 60
> degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in
> Texas ; Â If you actually understand these
> jokes, and share them with all your Texas
> friends, you definitely live in Texas ..
> Â Here are some little known, very interesting
> facts about Texas . Â 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. Â 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 . Â 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. Â 9. Jalapeno jelly
> originated in Lake Jackson in 1978. Â 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 .
> Â 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. Â 12. King Ranch in South Texas is
> larger than Rhode Island .. Â 13. Tropical
> Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record
> of 43' in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July
> of 1979... Â 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. Â 15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is
> estimated to be 1500 years old. Â 16. Caddo
> Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
> Â 17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885.
> There is no period in Dr Pepper.. Â 18. Texas
> has had six capital cities: Â Washington -on-
> the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston ,Velasco,
> West Columbia and Austin ... Â 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). Â 20. The San
> Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing
> monument in the world and it is taller than the
> Washington monument. Â 21. The name ' Texas '
> comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas'
> meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas
> .. Â 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.). Â 23. The
> first domed stadium in the U.S. was the
> Astrodome in Houston . Â Cowboy's Ten
> Commandments  (Posted on the wall at Cross
> Trails Church in Fairlie , Texas) Â 1) Just
> one God. Â (2) Honor yer Ma & Pa. Â (3) No
> telling tales or gossipin'. Â (4) Git yourself
> to Sunday meeting. Â (5) Put nothin' before
> God. Â (6) No foolin' around with another
> fellow's gal. Â (7) No killin'. Â (8) Watch
> yer mouth. Â (9) Don't take what ain't yers.
> Â (10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's
> stuff. Â Y'all git all that?
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