The state song of Texas is "Texas, Our Texas. We're darn proud of our state and its fine song.
But in 1959, we made a little change to the state song just to keep things honest. That's the way any good Texan would want it.
The original state song referred to Texas as the "largest," but that was no longer the case. Alaska had just been admitted to the Union.
William J. Marsh of Forth Worth wrote the original music. Mr. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright of Fort Worth wrote the original words.
The change to the wording was made by Mr. Marsh. In the third line of the song, he changed the word "largest" to "boldest." Other than that one change, our state song is exactly the same as when it was adopted in 1929.
Here is our Texas state song
Texas, Our Texas
Texas, our Texas! All hail the mighty State!
Texas, our Texas! So wonderful, so great!
Boldest and grandest, Withstanding ev'ry test;
O Empire wide and glorious, You stand supremely blest.
Chorus
God bless you Texas!
And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth,
Thro'out the ages long.
Refrain
Texas, O Texas! Your freeborn single star,
Sends out its radiance to nations near and far.
Emblem of freedom! It sets our hearts aglow,
With thoughts of San Jacinto and glorious Alamo.
Texas, dear Texas! From tyrant grip now free,
Shines forth in splendor your star of destiny!
Mother of heroes! We come your children true,
Proclaiming our allegiance, our faith, our love for you.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
What to Expect of a Typical Texas Day
On any given day in Texas, you should expect
about 1000 or more new residents due to births
about 400 people fewer residents due to deaths of any kind.
about 1000 people who stop being single and lonely.
about 900 people who start being single and lonely.
On a typical Texas day, based just on births and deaths, Texas gains 600 more Texans. And on a typical Texas day, we end the day with about 100 more married people. On a typical Texas Day, we grow a little bigger and little stronger.
On a typical day.
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about 1000 or more new residents due to births
about 400 people fewer residents due to deaths of any kind.
about 1000 people who stop being single and lonely.
about 900 people who start being single and lonely.
On a typical Texas day, based just on births and deaths, Texas gains 600 more Texans. And on a typical Texas day, we end the day with about 100 more married people. On a typical Texas Day, we grow a little bigger and little stronger.
On a typical day.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Endangered Animal Species in Texas
As our great State of Texas continues to grow and change, the birds, bees, fish and frogs must also grow and change.
Sometimes the animal adapts to its new surroundings. Pigeons, rats, cats, mice and cockroaches love our cities. They do better when we are around.
Sometimes the animal must leave because it hates civilization. We are losing the Greater Prairie-Chicken and the Lesser Prairie chicken because they don't like farms. The Greater Prairie-Chicken is on my Texas list, but in truth, it doesn't live here in Texas anymore. There are several states north of us that still have habitat to support the Greater Prairie-Chicken, but that's it for America. Once we develop that land, the Greater Prairie-Chicken will be gone. As for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, it now has a much smaller habitat than the Greater Prairie-Chicken, but a good part of that habitat is in Texas.
Federally, the Greater Prairie-Chicken is endangered and the Lesser Prairie-Chicken is threatened. On the Texas list the Greater Prairie Chicken is endangered, and the Lesser Prairie-Chicken is not on the endangered or the threatened list. Despite the Texas lists, I feel that the Lesser Prairie-Chicken will likely be extinct in America before the Greater Prairie-Chicken.
Sometimes animals become extinct in an area because other animals push them out. If one species has a population explosion, that species will need more land, more food, more elbow room. The other animals have to adjust, move, or die out. This is why it is very dangerous to introduce a new animal or plant to Texas. The new can force out the old.
The requirements for being listed on the Endangered Species of Texas list are very simple. If that animal is in danger of extinction within the confines of the State of Texas, then it makes the list. So please remember that being extinct in Texas does not necessarily mean extinct in general.
Here is the list of Endangered Species in Texas
Greater long-nosed bats
Mexican long-nosed bats.
West Indian manatee
Black right whale
Blue whale
Finback whale
Sperm whale
Black-footed ferret
Jaguar
Jaguarundi
Ocelot
Gray wolf
Red Wolf
Peregrine Falcon
American Falcon
Northern Aplomado falcon
Eskimo curlew
Interior least tern
Attwater's greater prairie-chicken
Whooping crane
Eastern brown pelican
Ivory-billed woodpecker
Red cockaded woodpecker
Southwestern willow flycatcher
Black-capped vireo
Bachman's warblers
Golden-cheeked warbler
Atlantic hawksbill turtle
Leatherback turtle
Kemp'sRidley turtle
Barton Springs salamanders
Texas blind salamanders
Houston toad
Comanche Springs and Leon Springs pupfishes
Big Bend, Clear Creek, Pecos and San Marcos gambusias
Rio Grande silvery minnow
Fountain darter
Peck's cave amphipod
Ouachita rock pocketbook mussel
Sometimes the animal adapts to its new surroundings. Pigeons, rats, cats, mice and cockroaches love our cities. They do better when we are around.
Sometimes the animal must leave because it hates civilization. We are losing the Greater Prairie-Chicken and the Lesser Prairie chicken because they don't like farms. The Greater Prairie-Chicken is on my Texas list, but in truth, it doesn't live here in Texas anymore. There are several states north of us that still have habitat to support the Greater Prairie-Chicken, but that's it for America. Once we develop that land, the Greater Prairie-Chicken will be gone. As for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, it now has a much smaller habitat than the Greater Prairie-Chicken, but a good part of that habitat is in Texas.
Federally, the Greater Prairie-Chicken is endangered and the Lesser Prairie-Chicken is threatened. On the Texas list the Greater Prairie Chicken is endangered, and the Lesser Prairie-Chicken is not on the endangered or the threatened list. Despite the Texas lists, I feel that the Lesser Prairie-Chicken will likely be extinct in America before the Greater Prairie-Chicken.
Sometimes animals become extinct in an area because other animals push them out. If one species has a population explosion, that species will need more land, more food, more elbow room. The other animals have to adjust, move, or die out. This is why it is very dangerous to introduce a new animal or plant to Texas. The new can force out the old.
The requirements for being listed on the Endangered Species of Texas list are very simple. If that animal is in danger of extinction within the confines of the State of Texas, then it makes the list. So please remember that being extinct in Texas does not necessarily mean extinct in general.
Here is the list of Endangered Species in Texas
Greater long-nosed bats
Mexican long-nosed bats.
West Indian manatee
Black right whale
Blue whale
Finback whale
Sperm whale
Black-footed ferret
Jaguar
Jaguarundi
Ocelot
Gray wolf
Red Wolf
Peregrine Falcon
American Falcon
Northern Aplomado falcon
Eskimo curlew
Interior least tern
Attwater's greater prairie-chicken
Whooping crane
Eastern brown pelican
Ivory-billed woodpecker
Red cockaded woodpecker
Southwestern willow flycatcher
Black-capped vireo
Bachman's warblers
Golden-cheeked warbler
Atlantic hawksbill turtle
Leatherback turtle
Kemp'sRidley turtle
Barton Springs salamanders
Texas blind salamanders
Houston toad
Comanche Springs and Leon Springs pupfishes
Big Bend, Clear Creek, Pecos and San Marcos gambusias
Rio Grande silvery minnow
Fountain darter
Peck's cave amphipod
Ouachita rock pocketbook mussel
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Fortune 500 Corporations and Texas
In 2008, Texas led the nation with the number of headquarters for corporations on the Fortune 500 index of biggest corporations.
Texas was Number One with 58 corporations on the Fortune 500 listing their headquarters in Texas.
There were two other states that had more than 50. New York was second on the list with 55. California was a close third with 52. After that, there was a severe drop for the next states. Other than Texas, New York, and California, only one other state had more than 28.
Who do you think it was?
Illinois was the fourth in the Fortune 500 with 33 corporations listing their headquarters in Illinois. They aren't quite as big as Texas, New York and California, but there is some distance between Illinois and the states below them.
The rest of the Top Ten on the Fortune 500 were: No. 5, Ohio (28), No. 6 Pennsylvania (25), No. 7, New Jersey (23), No. 8, Michigan (22), and No. 9 (tied) Minnesota (19) and Virginia (19).
Texas, as usual, came in No. 1. This time it was the Fortune 500 that put us No. 1.
As usual.
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Texas was Number One with 58 corporations on the Fortune 500 listing their headquarters in Texas.
There were two other states that had more than 50. New York was second on the list with 55. California was a close third with 52. After that, there was a severe drop for the next states. Other than Texas, New York, and California, only one other state had more than 28.
Who do you think it was?
Illinois was the fourth in the Fortune 500 with 33 corporations listing their headquarters in Illinois. They aren't quite as big as Texas, New York and California, but there is some distance between Illinois and the states below them.
The rest of the Top Ten on the Fortune 500 were: No. 5, Ohio (28), No. 6 Pennsylvania (25), No. 7, New Jersey (23), No. 8, Michigan (22), and No. 9 (tied) Minnesota (19) and Virginia (19).
Texas, as usual, came in No. 1. This time it was the Fortune 500 that put us No. 1.
As usual.
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Church Services in Warrenton
Everything is big in Texas. Big, big, big.
Well, not everything.
Warrenton, Texas, has the smallest operating Catholic church in the world. It is a mere 12 by 15 square foot box.
The church is open just one day per year. If you are thinking of attending, try not to be late. They have enough seats for just the first 15 people who show up.
Well, not everything.
Warrenton, Texas, has the smallest operating Catholic church in the world. It is a mere 12 by 15 square foot box.
The church is open just one day per year. If you are thinking of attending, try not to be late. They have enough seats for just the first 15 people who show up.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Cody Mullennix
Cody Mullennix caught a 56-pound catfish on February 20, 2004. He let it go. Then he hooked into another fish, a much bigger fish than the monster he had just released.
Twenty minutes later, he had a very exhausted four-foot long, 121.5-pound blue catfish on shore. After landing the fish, he called a friend who had a big set of scales. They weren't big enough. He had to load the fish into the bed of his truck and take it to an official weigh station.
After weighing the fish, he took off to Athens, Texas and the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. The fish survived the trip. They estimated that the fish could be 25 years old.
Cody Mullenix's blue catfish is the largest blue catfish ever caught with a rod and reel, in Texas, in America, in the world. He caught it in Lake Texoma. You might want to plan a fishing trip there.
Twenty minutes later, he had a very exhausted four-foot long, 121.5-pound blue catfish on shore. After landing the fish, he called a friend who had a big set of scales. They weren't big enough. He had to load the fish into the bed of his truck and take it to an official weigh station.
After weighing the fish, he took off to Athens, Texas and the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. The fish survived the trip. They estimated that the fish could be 25 years old.
Cody Mullenix's blue catfish is the largest blue catfish ever caught with a rod and reel, in Texas, in America, in the world. He caught it in Lake Texoma. You might want to plan a fishing trip there.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
A Pleasant Ride in the Country
What road in Texas is the longest?
That would be US Highway 83. It starts up in the Panhandle right at the Oklahoma border. It ends in Brownsville. From its start, it heads straight south until it his Laredo at the Mexican border. Then it bounces around the banks of the Rio Grande until it runs into McAllen and Brownsville.
When you count it all up, US Highway 83 is an 899 mile journey through God's country.
Pack a good lunch before you start out.
That would be US Highway 83. It starts up in the Panhandle right at the Oklahoma border. It ends in Brownsville. From its start, it heads straight south until it his Laredo at the Mexican border. Then it bounces around the banks of the Rio Grande until it runs into McAllen and Brownsville.
When you count it all up, US Highway 83 is an 899 mile journey through God's country.
Pack a good lunch before you start out.
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