(Photo: Library of Congress)Why? Because Texas is awesome, that's why. And here's further eviden... ...evidence: go to the Evergreen Cemetery in Paris, Texas . There you will find the grave of Willet Babcock...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/30/In-Texas-Theres-Statue-of-Jesus-in-Cowboy-Boots/(Photo via Jenny Pancakes)Robert E. Lee Elementary... ...ncakes)Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Austin, Texas is named after the famous Confederate general wit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/24/Potential-New-Names-for-an-Elementary-School/It's raining very heavily in Houston, Texas , today. Even though many schools and businesses h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/18/Reporter-Rescues-Man-from-Sinking-Car-on-Live-TV/The great James Bowie died defending Texas liberty at the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 18... ...the innards of Bowie's enemies.The town of Bowie, Texas is named after Col. Bowie. To memorialize their n... ...iketyus)A legend that I just made up says that if Texas is ever ag...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/11/Bowie-Texas-Builds-Worlds-Largest-Bowie-Knife/(The Fall of the Alamo by Robert James Onderdonk)1... ...st Thursday, the representatives of the people of Texas voted to declare independence from Mexico. During... ...are inscribed the names of the slain defenders of Texas liberty--among them one of my wife's ancestors. I... ...ing of bagpipes to honor thes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/06/180-Years-Ago-Today-The-Fall-of-the-Alamo/(Photo: Justice Don Willett)On March 2, 1836, the... ...2, 1836, the founding fathers of the Republic of Texas gathered at the settlement of Washington-on-the-B... ...ans maintain our independent streak and celebrate Texas Independence Day every year.The Glazing Saddles f... ...g red, white, and blue donuts i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/03/Krispy-Kreme-Celebrates-Texas-Independence-Day-with-1836-Donuts-Arranged-into-the-Texas-Flag/[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M5vqQLCo1U](Vide... ...se of you who are not fortunate enough to live in Texas . So check out what you're missing.Sherrod Greeson... ...g.Sherrod Greeson and his friends are students at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. They're also members...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/15/The-Most-Texas-Interview-of-All-Time/(Image: Onderdonk's The Fall of the Alamo, photo b... ...the Japanese people for the gallant defenders of Texas liberty who fell there in 1836.Now how did that h... ...garding the contribution of Mexicans fighting for Texas in the 1830s) thus served to comfort Anglo-Texans... ...amidst the social changes that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/13/How-Japan-Remembers-the-Alamo/(Photo: Kimberly Vardeman)And as a Texan, I could... ...a Texan, I could not be more proud!Dan Solomon of Texas Monthy researched this phenomenon. He found that... ...d Western movies that have come to be symbolic of Texas . Solomon quotes Norwegian Tumblr user Qnneli:The... ...ned, the “wild west&rdquo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/10/21/In-Norwegian-Texas-Is-Slang-for-Crazy/(Photo: amanderson2)Tim Love, a Top Chef competito... ...ef competitor and native of the blessed nation of Texas , explains in First We Feast what you must do to g... ...to get a proper eating and drinking experience in Texas . The first is a principle that all visitors to Texas...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/21/The-10-Commandments-of-Eating-and-Drinking-in-Texas/