| More reason's why Texas rules!!
The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States.
Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.
The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer.
Austin is considered the live music capital of the world.
Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.
Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.
Texas has the first domed stadium in the country. The structure was built in Houston and opened in April 1965.
The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.
Port Lavaca has the world's longest fishing pier. Originally part of the causeway connecting the two sides of Lavaca Bay, the center span of was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961.
The Flagship Hotel on Seawall Boulevard in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built entirely over the water.
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other comparable area in North America.
The Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
Texas is second in size only to Alaska.
Spindletop oil field, near Beaumont, was the first gusher in North America. In 1901, it sprayed more than 800,000 barrels of oil into the air before it was brought under control.
"You can go to hell -- I'm going to Texas."
-Davy Crockett
Couldn't have said it better myself. |