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The Lone Star State
 On Labor Day weekend in 1955, the speleological team of Chrisman, Chrisman and Prince became the first humans ever to see the beauty of the Mayfield Cave, which we now know as the Caverns of Sonora ____________On September 8, 1900, the greatest natural disaster in US history occurred when a hurricane hit Galveston, leaving between 6,000 and 8,000 dead. ____________Acton State Historic Site is the smallest state park in Texas measuring 12 by 21 feet____________The Lights of Marfa still remain a scientific mystery ____________ZZ Top is from Houston____________Brewster County is larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined; it has only one city, Alpine, Texas ____________John Grenninger of Austin invented barbed wire in 1857____________Copper wire was invented by two Texans fighting over a penny! Well, maybe that's a little Texas exageration. Welcome to Texas!
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Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Del Rio
El Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
Huntsville
Jefferson
Laredo
Longview
Lubbock
San Angelo
San Antonio
Washington on the Brazos
William Barrett Travis
Davy Crockett
James Bowie
Juan Seguin
Louis "Moses" Rose
*The Battle of San Jacinto*
Miniature Horses of Saint Clare
Texas City Disaster
Old Rip
First Serial Killer
Saint Mary's Orphanage
Caverns of Sonora
New London School Disaster
Diamond Bessie
 
On April 21, 1836, in a battle that lasted approximately twenty minutes in the forests, fields and marshes along the San Jacinto River, Texas' independence was born. It was the wish of General Sam Houston that Texas join the Union as a state, but the residents chose to declare themselves a republic. This was to stand for nine years and Sam Houston finally got his wish in 1845; Texas became a state. With its statehood came the understanding that if for any reason deemed necessary by popular vote, Texas could withdraw from the Union. This provision was acted upon only during the Civil War, when Texas joined the Confederate States of America. Following the Civil War, Texas rejoined the Union as did all the southern states.

INTERESTING FACTS:

1. The King Ranch in Texas was larger than the state of Rhode Island.

2. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco, Texas. Note: there is no period following "Dr".

3. The worst natural disaster in U.S. history occurred on September 8, 1900 when a hurricane killed an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 people in and around Galveston.

4. The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the largest of its type, containing 38,000 rose bushes, featuring 500 varieties.

5. Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan was born in Galveston. It is generally believed that his famous flight in the wrong direction was intentional.

6. Chili was invented in San Antonio, Texas.

7. The smallest state park in Texas measures 12 feet by 21 feet. It's Acton State Historic Site, the monument and gravesite of Elizabeth Patton Crockett, wife of Davy.

8. There's a mysterious mass grave in the historic city of Gonzalez, Texas. Read about it here.

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