Texas..We got it all..

I To all Texas residents, including those now in exile in other states: This is a must read for all Texans, used-to-be Texans, adopted Texans or wanna-be Texans, even if it's been around before... JUST TEXAS Pep, Texas 79353Smiley, Texas 78159Paradise, Texas 76073Rainbow, Texas 76077Sweet Home, Texas 77987Comfort, Texas 78013Friendship, Texas 76530 Love the Sun?Sun City , Texas 78628Sunrise , Texas 76661Sunset, Texas 76270Sundown, Texas 79372Sunray , Texas 79086Sunny Side , Texas 77423 Want something to eat? Bacon , Texas 76301Noodle , Texas 79536Oatmeal , Texas 78605Turkey , Texas 79261Trout , Texas 75789Sugar Land , Texas 77479Salty, Texas 76567Rice , Texas 75155Pearland , Texas 77581Orange , Texas 77630 And top it off with: Sweetwater , Texas 79556 Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all! Detroit , Texas 75436Cleveland , Texas 75436Colorado City , Texas 79512Denver City , Texas 79323Klondike , Texas 75448Nevada , Texas 75173Memphis , Texas 79245Miami , Texas 79059Boston , Texas 75570Santa Fe , Texas 77517Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861Reno , Texas 75462Pasadena , Texas 77506Columbus , Texas 78934 Feel like traveling outside the country? Don't bother buying a plane ticket! Athens , Texas 75751Canadian, Texas 79014China , Texas 77613Egypt , Texas 77436Ireland , Texas 76538Italy , Texas 76538Turkey , Texas 79261London , Texas 76854New London , Texas 75682Paris , Texas 75460Palestine , Texas 75801 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 76432Winters, Texas Like to read about History?Santa Anna , TexasGoliad , TexasAlamo , TexasGun Barrel City , TexasRobert Lee, Texas Need Office Supplies?Staples, Texas 78670 Want to go into outer space?Venus , Texas 76084Mars , Texas 79062 You guessed it. It's on the state line.Texline , Texas 79087 For the kids...Kermit , Texas 79745Elmo , Texas 75118Nemo , Texas 76070Tarzan , Texas 79783Winnie , Texas 77665Sylvester , Texas 79560 Other 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 79079 And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City ...Kilgore , Texas 75662 And our favorites...Cut n Shoot, TexasGun Barrell City , TexasHoop And Holler, TexasDing Dong, Texas and, of course,Muleshoe , Texas Here 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 work there, you may live in Texas ; If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas ; If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a 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 may live in Texas ; If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas ; If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas ; If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph --you're going 80 and everybody'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 your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas .. Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas : 1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles (and still in Texas !) 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. 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 Texas 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 . 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. Y'all git all that?