1. Beaumont to El Paso, Texas is 742 miles.

  2. Beaumont to Chicago, Illinois is 770 miles.

  3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas.

  4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos on July 4, 1883.

  5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America that is built over water.

  6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach for 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 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.

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

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, Texas in July 1979.

14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as Constitution of 1845 by 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 may be divided into 5 States.

15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton, Texas 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, Texas in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.

18. Texas has had six capital cities:........
        18 - 1. Washington-on-the-Brazos
        18 - 2. Harrisburg
        18 - 3. Galveston
        18 - 4. Velasco
        18 - 5. West Columbia
        18 - 6. 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 name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.

21. 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.)

22. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

23. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TEXAS STYLE - People in Texas have trouble with all those "shalls" and "shall nots" in the ten Commandments. Texas Folks just aren't used to talking in those terms. So, some folks out in west Texas got together and translated the "King James" into "King Ranch" language:...

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

Now that's kinda plain an' simple don't ya think?
Y'all have a good Day Now - Ye hear?

"THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU"