Ya Gotta Love Texas
Need to be cheered up?
Happy, Texas 79042
Pep , Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas
76077
Sweet Home , Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530
Love the Sun?
Sun City , Texas 78628
Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray , Texas 79086
Sunny Side , Texas 77423
Want something to eat?
Bacon , Texas 76301
Noodle , Texas 79536
Oatmeal , Texas 78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout , Texas 75789
Sugar Land , Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas 75155
And top it off with:Sweetwater , Texas 79556
Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Detroit , Texas 75436
Colorado City , Texas 79512
Denver City , Texas 79323
Klondike , Texas 75448
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas 79245
Miami , Texas 79059
Boston , Texas 75570
Santa Fe , Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861
Reno , Texas 75462
Feel like traveling outside the country? Don't bother buying a plane ticket!
Athens , Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland , Texas 76538
Turkey , Texas 79261
Londo , Texas 76854
New London , Texas 75682
Paris , Texas 75460
No need to travel to Washington D.C.Whitehouse, Texas 75791
We even have a city named after our planet!Earth , Texas 79031
And a city named after our State!Texas City , Texas 77590
Exhausted?
Energy , Texas 76452
Cold?Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas
Like to read about History?
Santa Anna , TexasGoliad , TexasAlamo , TexasGun Barrel City , TexasRobert lee, TexasNeed Office Supplies?Staples, Texas 78670Men are from Mars, women are from Venus , Texas 76084You guessed it -- it's on the state lineTexline , Texas 79087For the kids...Kermit , Texas 79745Elmo , Texas 75118Nemo , Texas 76070Tarzan , Texas 79783Winnie , Texas 77665Sylvester , Texas 79560Other city names in Texas , to make you smile....Frognot , Texas 75424Bigfoot , Texas 78005Hogeye , Texas 75423Cactus , Texas 79013Notrees , Texas 79759Best, Texas 76932Veribest , Texas 76886Kickapoo , Texas 75763Dime Box , Texas 77853Old Dime Box , Texas 77853Telephone , Texas 75488Telegraph , Texas 76883Whiteface , Texas 79379Twitty, Texas 79079And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore CityKilgore , Texas 75662And our favorites...Cut'n Shoot, TexasGun Barrell City , TexasHoop And Holler, TexasDing Dong, Texas and, of course,Muleshoe , TexasHere is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't workthere, you may live in Texas ;If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live inTexas ;If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialeda wrong number, you may live in Texas ;If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend,you may live in Texas ;If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas ;If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you maylive in Texas ;If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leaveboth unlocked, you may live in Texas ;If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to usethem, you may live in Texas ;If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 andeverybody's passing you, you may live in Texas ;If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas ;If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all yourTexas friends, you definitely live in TexasHere are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas .1.Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles2.Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles3.El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas4 World's first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.5.The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North Americabuilt over water.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 inNorth America .8.Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America 's onlyremaining 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 bya 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 ..'12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island ..13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S.rainfall record of 43' in24 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 sameheight as the US . 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 DrPepper.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 istaller 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 Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of triviaabout the armadillo is they always have four babies.They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or fourfemales).22. The first domed stadium in the U.S.was the Astrodome in HoustonCowboy'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 anuther feller'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 stuffNow that's kinda plain an' simple don't ya think?
