Between 1943 and 1945, captured German soldiers we... ...equipped to feed or house them. Many ended up in Texas , where they were offered the chance to work outsi... ...e. Camp Huntsville was the first to be set up in Texas . Construction across 837 acres took place for nea... ...s were ready for occupancy b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/16/The-German-POWs-of-Texas/(Photo via Pairie View A&M University)Today, J... ...sary of Juneteenth, the day that slavery ended in Texas . Celebrating it is an old tradition among black T... ...odious institution was finally crushed.Except in Texas .Although it had contributed men and materiel to t... ...ntributed men and materiel t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/06/19/150-Years-Ago-Today-The-First-Juneteenth/[https://youtu.be/djWm5mhlEuI]YouTube LinkStorm ch... ...wrence McEwen are driving through a Stephenville, Texas storm of grapefruit-sized hail when their windshi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/29/Huge-Hail-Bashes-Windshield-of-Storm-Chaser-Who-Needs-to-Tweet/The east Texas city of Lufkin is home to Lufkin Industries, whic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/12/08/Rudolph-the-Red-Nosed-Pumping-Unit/(Photo: Max Smith)Other than a handful of submarin... ...the strike force of an extraordinary plan to bomb Texas .(Map: NOAA)Note that Texas does not have a Pacific coastline.That did not di... ...ey wanted to damage the oil fields then active in Texas . So they planned to fly...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/30/The-Japanese-Navys-Crazy-Plan-to-Bomb-Texas/(Video Link)Courtroom sketch artist is one of the... ...talented courtroom artists, and after working in Texas for over 38 years he, like many other court sketc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/22/The-Rise-And-Fall-Of-Courtroom-Sketch-Artist-Gary-Myrick/(Photo: Forbes)The town of Waco, Texas gave birth to the great soft drink Dr Pepper. But... ...most oddly, cotton candy. Baby Blue was the first Texas -made whiskey on shelves since Prohibition. Balcon... ...blue-corn-based whisky called Brimstone made with Texas scrub oak to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/25/The-Finest-New-Whisky-in-the-World-Is-Made-in-a-Shed-under-a-Bridge-in-Waco-Texas/Texas was once an independent nation. After the United... ...hat would become California. What would a Greater Texas have looked like then?Probably not quite as big a... ...ated by redditor Armeleon. At its greatest width, Texas is 791 miles across. So Armeleon created this m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/04/Map-Areas-within-a-Texas-Length-Distance-from-Texas/It's Sam Houston (1793-1863), a man who lived an e... ...r accomplishments, governor of both Tennessee and Texas .Houston rose from humble origins in Virginia. Dur... ...forced him to resign. By 1833, Houston had moved Texas in the hope of a fresh start. (Painting of the Ba... ...to by Henry Arthur McArdle)He...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/29/Who-Is-the-Only-Person-to-Be-Elected-Governor-of-2-Different-US-States/They say that everything is bigger in Texas , and although this expression is generally used a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/16/Photographer-Showcases-Texas-Chrysanthemum-Corsage-Tradition/
