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Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas :

1. Port Arthur to El Paso : 889 miles. Port Arthur to Chicago : 770
miles

2. Brownsville to Texline (north of Amarillo ): 956 miles. Texline to
Canada : 960 miles

3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas

4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos , TX 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 , Texas .

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 US 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. The King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island .

13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a US rainfall record of 43" in 24
hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979.

14. Texas is the only state to enter the US 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 US Flag, and Texas may choose to 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 US 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 US was the Astrodome in Houston .

24. The Beck family ranch land grant is one days ride by horse (25
miles) in each direction from the headquarters.

25. The name of the XIT ranch in Dalhart Texas stands for "ten in
Texas ". That means 10 counties in Texas !


Cowboy Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in
Farlie , Texas :

(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to church 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.


Did y'all git all that?
(Author unknown to me)

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Don't forget the state dog George. It the Texas Lacy. A cross between a coyote, scenthound and greyhound. It was brought to Texas by the Lacy brothers from Kentucky in the late 1800's to herd hogs. It's said that a lacy can do the work of 3 cowboys. They are very smart but hard headed, I know, I have one.

Cisco, if the Texas Lacy didn't originate in Texas, then I wonder why it's the state dog?

Also, armadillos are the only animal that can transmit Leprosy to humans.

The googles say it was develpoed in TX over the last 100 yrs , it seems pretty much a texas breed from my point of view....

Pretty cool breed....

This is the official breed of Jacksonville Beach....
http://bullnese.com


or maybe just my neighborhood....LOL

Here you go esshup, a brief history.

ORIGIN AND HISTORY: Having nothing to do with the characteristics the dogs have, the name is that of the Lacy Family. Arriving from Kentucky by covered wagon in the 1800′s, the Lacy Brothers, Frank, George, Ewin, and Harry Lacy (pictured at the right), settled in the granite hills near Marble Falls, Texas. As true a pioneer as the men you see in history books, the Blue Lacy has filled the needs of Colonial Americans for well over a century on ranches in the Southwestern US. When the three-wheeled horse hit the trail it brought this unique breed unsuccessfully close to extinction. While the need for its instinctive herding abilities were diminishing, the need for its abilities to bay the fiercest of hog, pick up the trail of any game animal or find a wounded animal on the slightest of blood trails was on the rise in the commercial hunting industry. Blue Lacy owners claim they are the perfect universal dog, knowing where to be at just the right time.

DEVELOPMENT: The Lacys are noted to be the result of Greyhound/scenthound/coyote cross with the emphasis on the herding/droving characteristics. Many people have their own theory on the scenthound and coyote used. Whatever the scenthound or pariah dog might be in the combination, the cross defiantly worked. The Lacy brothers established this breed under the guidelines it takes to develop a recognized breed. The State of Texas honors the breed, as being the first known dog breed to orginate in it’s great State.

STRENGTHS: Herding and droving tasks.

WEAKNESS: Sensitive to yelling–responds better to stern commands

George Thanks for the interesting factoids. I am at the moment visiting the great state of Tejas. I'm currently in the Bulverde area,spent the last 2 days in Helotes, and Utopia. Went for a drive through Kerrville, along hwy 377, in the heart of Texas Hill Country. Going saltwater fishing this weekend at Port Aransas, and heading to Blanco on Monday to try for some stocker trout! Still trying to get my fill of Whataburger. I truly believe there is a Whataburger inside the gates of Heaven!

Tejas is one of my favorite places to visit especially in January. I spend almost as many hours driving from the Red River to my family in San Antonio, as I do getting from Savannah Mo. to the Texas border! But driving Hwy 281 is worth every minute!

My home state of Virginia has more public hunting land than Texas does and it is 1/6th its size. Unless you're rich, Texas is not a good place to go hunting.

Yeah, but you don't have a smidgen of the amount of hunting land us country raised Texas po-boys have.
The only ones I hear complaining are the immigrants from north of the Red River.

Rumor has it that in a few more yrs of global warmin and Alaska thaws TX will be the largest state again. That is unless all that thawin will raise the oceans and submerge 1/3 of Texas