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05/23/2017

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09/10/2016

New Duds For Big Tex Includes Tribute To Fallen Dallas Officers

Big Tex has a brand new outfit for the upcoming 2016 State Fair of Texas...with an added heartwarming touch.

05/10/2016

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Say hello to our new National Mammal.
Yesterday the American bison officially joined the ranks of the Bald Eagle as the official symbol of the U.S. when President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act into law. And much like the eagle, the bison is one of the greatest conservation success stories of all time. Explore 15 fun facts about bison -- like did you know you can tell a bison’s mood by its tail: http://on.doi.gov/1Oc7VXg

Photo of a baby bison and its momma at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge by Rich Keen, DPRA. — at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

03/26/2016

03/18/2016

It was 79 years ago today, on March 18, 1937, that the New London school explosion occurred. Approximately 294 people, mostly children, are believed to have died. This car was two miles away and was crushed by the two-ton piece of cement that you see in the foreground. It was the worst school disaster in U.S. history. There is a very good website devoted to the explosion, here: http://nlsd.net/index2.html

03/15/2016

Years ago a co-worker and I stop at the House of Pies in Houston. I do not recall see this on the Pie Menu.
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03/12/2016

We had our chance in Texas to do away with Daylight Saving Times - Do You Remember?
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/house-set-to-vote-on-ditching-daylight-saving-time-in-texas.html/

Updated at 4:20 p.m.: AUSTIN – The clock finally struck midnight on an effort to ditch daylight saving time in Texas. The House on Friday voted down, by a 56-79…

03/08/2016

Wagon Yard:
Back in the old days there were no parking lots. Nevertheless, when cowboys, ranchers, farmers and other folks came to town they needed some place to put their wagons, some place that they knew would be safe. Such is the case with this 1880s photo of H. Dugan's wagon yard in Fort Worth.

This photo is courtesy the digital archives at UT-Arlington.

03/07/2016

This 1849 daguerreotype is the oldest known photo of the Alamo, and the only known photo that shows the building before it was repaired and rebuilt by the U.S. Army in 1850. At that time the army altered the appearance of the Alamo in several ways, including adding the distinctive curved gable at the top of the church facade, which is perhaps its best known feature. The Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin bought the daguerreotype with funds donated for that purpose by former Texas governor Dolph Briscoe Jr. and his wife, former University of Texas System regent Janey Briscoe. The daguerreotype now resides at the Briscoe Center as part of their permanent collection.

03/06/2016

Texas Wine:
Texas has a long history of wine production. The sunny and dry climate of the major wine making regions in the state have drawn comparison to Portuguese wines. Some of the earliest recorded Texas wines were produced by Spanish missionaries in the 1650s near El Paso.

The state is home to over 36 members of the Vitis grape vine family with fifteen being native to the state, more than any other region on earth.As of 2006, the state had over 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) planted with Vitis vinifera.

Despite being the largest of conterminous states, this relatively small amount of planted land is dwarfed by the production of even the smallest French AOCs like Sancerre.

The Texan wine industry is continuing its steady pace of expansion and has gained a reputation as an established wine growing region in the United States.