Texas Information and Attractions

If you have ever met a Texan, you know that they have a language of their own.  To find out how you can learn the language or brush up on your Texan, click here.

For a list of restaurants in the Huntsville area click here.

If you are flying in to Texas, or plan on taking time to travel around the Lone Star State, please check out our list of attractions.

Here are some interesting facts about Texas.

• Sam Houston, arguably the most famous Texan, was actually born in Virginia.  Houston served as governor of Tennessee before coming to Texas.

• Texas is the only state to have had 6 other nations flags flown over it.

• The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.

• Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.

• Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885.  The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial can sugar in its product.  There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.

• The capitol in Austin opened May 16, 1888.  The dome of the building stands seven feet higher than that of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C.

• The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.

• El Paso, Texas is closer to Needles, California (516 miles) than it is to Dallas, Texas (571 miles).

• Texas' most populated county in Harris county with 3.4 million residents in Houston.  The least populated county is Loving county with 67 residents.

• Texas' largest county is Brewster with 6,208 square miles.  Connecticut (5,544 Sq Mi), Delaware (2,489 Sq Mi) and Rhode Island (1,545 Sq Mi) can fit inside this county.

• The Amarillo airport has the 3rd largest runway in the world and is designated as an alternate landing site for the space shuttle.

• Lubbock, Texas is the largest city in the United States that is dry.

• The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.

• Of the nation's ten largest cities, three are in Texas (Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio).

• The world's first rodeo was held in Pecos on July 4, 1883.

• Billy Bob's Texas, in Ft. Worth, is the world's largest country-western honky-tonk and includes a 4800- square foot rodeo arena.

Flower- Blue Bonnet		Plant- Prickly Pear
Tree & Nut- Pecan		Insect- Monarch Butterfly
Reptile- Horned Lizard		Bird- Mocking Bird
Large Mammal- Texas Longhorn		Small Mammal- Armadillo
Flying mammal- Free Tailed Bat		Fiber- Cotton
Fruit- Red Grapefruit		Vegetable- Sweet Onion