Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles Beaumont to Chicago: 770
miles.
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas.
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 John William Heisman who was the first
full time coach for Rice University in 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.
Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson 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.."
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. Harrisburg 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 D. C. (by 7 feet).
The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning
friends.
Tejas is not Spanish for Texas!
The State animal 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.
The first domed stadium in the U. S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
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