Re: More Useless Stuff on a Slow Day

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That's why I love Texas!

On Saturday, Jun 26, 2004, at 20:22 US/Central, Bledsoe composed:

> Texas Brag Stuff

>

> Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles

>

> Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles

>

> 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 named after Heisman who was the

> first

> full time coach for Rice University, 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.

>

> Jalapeño jelly originated in Lake in 1978.

>

> The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900 caused by a

> hurricane

> in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.

>

> The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was " Houston. "

>

> El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas.

>

> Laredo is the world's largest inland port.

>

> Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden with

> over

> 38,000 bushes with 500 varieties on 22 acres.

>

> King Ranch is larger than Rhode Island.

>

> Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43 " in 24

> hours

> in and around Alvin in July 1979.

>

> Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by

> annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as

> the US

> 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 after Dr in

> Dr

> Pepper.

>

> Texas has had six capital cities ..

>

> 1. Washington-on-the-Brazos

>

> 2. burg

>

> 3. Galveston

>

> 4. Velasco

>

> 5. West Columbia

>

> 6. Austin

>

> 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).

>

> The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word " tejas "

>

> meaning friends. Tejas is not Mexican for Texas.

>

> The first domed stadium in the U.S was the Astrodome in Houston.

>

> THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - TEXAS STYLE

>

> People here in Texas have trouble with all those shalls and shall nots

> in

> the 10 Commandments. Folks here just aren't used to talking in those

> terms.

> So, so we folks out in west Texas got together and translated the " King

> " into " King Ranch " language: Ten Commandments, Cowboy Style.

>

> 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.

>