Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas.
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.
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 .
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 U.S. 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... King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island.
13... Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43' in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979.
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.
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 U.S. 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 U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
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.
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 .
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 U.S. 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... King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island.
13... Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43' in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979.
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.
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 U.S. 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 U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
9 comments:
SUCH cool facts! I had no idea and I love learning more.
I think the thing that hit me the hardest was the comparison of traveling between Beaumont and El Paso and Beaumont and Chicago. Great reflection of how BIG Texas is!
:)
Texas is huge! I learned that as I was driving it from one end to the other this summer.
Very interesting facts about maybe my second favorite State.
It is huge. Love these facts and the armadillo is very interesting. Have a great Saturday.
Why no period in pepper, that's what I want to know?
Hi, Mr. Daave. There were only two things on that list that I did not know.
1. King Ranch
2. Tejas is not Spanish.
Very interesting.
Another little known fact is that the texas Governor refuses to take back her claim that there are headless bodies laying in the desert and she giggled during her televised brain freeze... That will be a great bit of trivia in future years!!
Have a great Labor Day weekend, DAAve!!!
Cheers,
Todd HellsKitchen
Postcards from Hell's Kitchen
Todd-- you're referring to the Arizona gov., not Texas. We have a male governor who is homophobic.
Oh, you're right.... Silly me... I just knew the governor hated somebody... LOL...
Anyway, Have a great holiday, buddy....!
Loved the armadillo fact. How did you like Ann Richardson as governor?
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