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Texas Ranger Hall of Fame – Waco, Texas

The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame No, we’re not talking about a baseball team, we’re talking about the historic Texas Ranger Division, the world-famous law enforcement agency that has been solving crimes in the State of Texas since 1823. Texas Rangers provided protection in the Republic of Texas from 1836 – 1845, and with a [...]

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The Story Of Texas Museum – Austin, Texas

The Story of Texas Museum Named after a former state Lieutenant Governor, The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum opened in April of 2001. Funded by the Texas State Legislature and reviewed and approved by respected state historians, the high-tech museum offers numerous interactive exhibits, special effects and an IMAX theatre to provide a Texas [...]

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50 Most Famous People from Texas

Wikipedia lists over 2,400 “famous” people who were born, reared or spent a significant portion of their life in Texas.  Most seemed relatively obscure so we thought it’d be easy to narrow the list down to the top 50.  Well, it wasn’t.  We ended up with “contemporary” list of celebrities, politicians, sports stars, actors and musicians from Texas.  If you [...]

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Texas Movies

Here are some of our favorite movies about Texas – from classic Texas cowboy movies,and westerns to the modern day Texas heroes of Apollo 13.

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Texas Calendars

Bluebonnets Calendar 61st Street Pier Galveston Tx Calendar Cypress Swamp Calendar Cattle Country Calendar  The Battleship Texas Calendar  The Elissa Calendar Print Galveston Calendar

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Barbecue: A Texas Love Story

Here in Texas we love our barbecue.  Each weekend Texans all over the Lone Star State start  firing up the grill. To some, BBQ is serious business. And now there a documentary called Barbecue: A Texas Love Story. It is a fun journey through the Lone Star State to visit BBQ cook-offs, the Salty Dawg [...]

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Famous Texas Quotes

“Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called ‘walking.’ ” George W. Bush “I’ve traveled all over the world, but I don’t think there is any place better than Texas.” Red Adair “Football is to Texas what religion is to a priest.” Tom Landry. “I worked around cattle [...]

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I’d like to be in Texas for Roundup In The Spring

“I’d like to be in Texas for Roundup In The Spring” As sung by many of the greats, including Buck Ramsey, Don Edwards, and Red Steagall.  In the lobby of a big hotel, in New York town one day, Sat a bunch of fellers tell’n yarns to pass the time away. They told of places they [...]

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This is Texas!

When you’re from Texas, people that you meet ask you questions like, “Do you have any cows?” “Do you have horses?” “Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh?” They all want to know if you’ve been to Southfork. They watched Dallas on TV. Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look [...]

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Top 20 Texas Songs

Here is a list of top 20 favorite Texas songs 1.  ”Travelin Texas” - Shake Russell does an amazing job of describing Texas, the Lone Star State. I have been humming it today and it got me to thinking of songs about Texas. 2.  ”Amarillo by Morning” 3. “Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas – lol, my [...]

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