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Just For Texans and Others
TEXAS------- received from Rev'd Philip Parham via Email


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
London, 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, Texas

Goliad, Texas

Alamo, Texas

Gun Barrel City, Texas

Robert lee, Texas


Need Office Supplies?


Staples, Texas  78670

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus , Texas  76084


You guessed it...it's on the state line.


Texline, Texas  79087

For the kids...


Kermit, Texas  79745
Elmo, Texas  75118
Nemo, Texas  76070
Tarzan, Texas  79783
Winnie, Texas  77665
Sylvester, Texas  79560

Other city names in Texas, to make you smile....


Frognot, Texas  75424
Bigfoot, Texas  78005
Hogeye, Texas  75423
Cactus, Texas  79013
Notrees, Texas  79759
Best, Texas  76932
Veribest, Texas  76886
Kickapoo, Texas  75763
Dime Box, Texas  77853
Old Dime Box, Texas  77853
Telephone, Texas  75488
Telegraph, Texas  76883
Whiteface, Texas  79379
Twitty, Texas  79079

And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City


Kilgore, Texas  75662

And our favorites...


Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City, Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
Muleshoe, Texas

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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.

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 ws 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 ..."

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 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 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 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 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.




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? 
 

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