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THE TEKANLEGACYT,ISIThe Texas Trend. 0r lginatorg

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Teras has a sesqu lcentenn la l h is tor l ; o f wor ld -c less d lscov€T les an

or lginal contr lbut lons that have Tcxanlzed people everywhore wl thout usl

tbc Tcras brag to ad. \ rer t , lse the facts. The past 150 yearg have ad,d.ed a

onc-of-B-klod Toxae na*o prototypes to lnprovc tho cveryday qual l ty of l

chl11rodcogo l f csr tcorn chtpsweed eatertract hom.cBar-B-Qu6corn d.ogbamburgernewsreeIbottlcd r: l ; lLkFHA ]oan systamf l rs t PBS W stat to npocket ca lcu la torPBX coraputer swi tcltc l ty bus I i no oys tenrpor tablo corrrputord lg l ta l watohdoncd staq iuncoroputer s l l j con cb lpblood bank systo.o.bo&c computerpacka[god, erealrag t lme rnuslcboog le woog le

mus icJ l t t c rbu6 dance stopof f sc t pr i .n t , lng presseuto a l r -con.d i t ton lnghome of asbronaul" tsf l rs t pr lvate space ccopany (SSI)ast ro- tur f outdr ror carpetf l rs t fodera l r : red. l t un tonhr.'manorgan donor syste.nToras poker (5-carcl stud )ci ty conmisstoner gover lurentVetc ranrs Day (o ld Armlst loo Day)l lngulst lc word tr f i taver lckr f

ve tnacu lar wordt ry fa lJ . f r

wood,pu- lp r iat paper processrrDrl sch,rol f inanc-i"al forraulahousohold. water faucet designat lonoh icken f r ied sbeat tf l rst scf tvraro cooputer salesTer -me:x oods ( t *co , faJ l tas lat r i r rm 1r ekyscrapersbreak-away netal polea on f reeuaysI ' rencb wine industry saved,dr111 tea.ns, cheet leaders and,

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or lgtnal art display on f roer ,vaybi l lboard.s



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THE TilTAN I.!]GACY

Tbc Toras Trend Maklng Pace Sct torg

Thc Tcran epir l t cf lngenul ty bas glvcn the wor ld, cornnunl ty a bct te

dal ly uay-of- } l fc tbrough dcveloplng now ldeas and noro lnvent lons than

pub l l c acc la io bas g lvon credl t or cvon real lzos tha t a l l tbe or lg lnator

arc actual ly fron Texas. Tcxag as a blg wldo-opcn placc provldes a unlq

Iand' arca to l tvc oponly and to intorrclato wlth al l aspects of onorg o

potent lal . A Tcxan has no cooped.-up cel lng and thus no lnl r lb l ted, nonta

at t l tudc. Tberc ls Bo ldent l ty cr is ls for a truc-and-t r led Telan. No

pcrsoaal barr lcrB or tnpersonal bord,crg rcst l lct thc gcneral . know-how a

t l tudc or thc progresslvo Bavvy of the oan-d,o Tcxan ststc of nlnd.

Thc ateto of Tcras has vast bord.ore around, tho land, lcnownae TcJaa

a Caddo Indlan word of tho Nortcnos stoclc neanlng f r lcndly pcoplc. Thu

tbc old Caddo ToJae land et l l l g lvcs a spaclal physlcal f rccd,ornof dlver

slty tbat nakcs tbo hunan splr1t of lts lnhabltants fecl unbound,ed. nd

l lo1tcd to acconpl lsh the l .uposslblc or ncvcr beforo at tcnptcd cvents b

hu.oanklnd. Uorcstrlctod. ldcall$0 and hardwork kecp thc Teraa hurnan spir

act lvcly f rec and thus help croate the cver growlng raythe that nakc Tcx

legcnds such a"rnyst lquo tho wor ld, ovcr . Tc:cae 1s a dl f fcront klnd of

drca.o-nachlac placo ln thc wor ld forcvcr rcnewlng l tsol f for tbosc who

asplrc to thc helgbts of flao.bouyant glory and unbellevablc sclf-fulf l l l--

rncat , No wbcre elsc but 1o Tcxas can thc unrcal becoroecverydayrcal l ty

as go rucl l proven by tho car l lcst plonccr Totang.



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Tbc oarly plonear Tcrans unlqucly spclled thelr own epltbct nonlker

wi tb a b lg nl r r Tcx fans , to co ln an or lg lnal Tarana ad,Jcc t l vc fo r thc l r

boundlees energet lc lndlvldual l ty ful l of tbe semo personal pr lde whlch

cont lnues cven to thls day. Fl rst gcnerat ion or f l f th gcncrat lon Tcxan

h,avc a bond ln comaroa: hc pervaslve vlslon that contrasts a bound, l -esg

tcr r l tory as par t of thel r a t t l tudc. And,a proud at t l tudc ls thc r ca l

Toran doalala. Torans havo beoono orlglnators of nrmerous world-wlde pro

typcs and bavc thus bcconc paoc-set ters or t rend nakers who inf luencc th

dal ly l1vcs of nl l l lons of non-Terens who havc beconc r fTexanlzed.nwl thou

cvcn roal ly kaowlng_1t . Unusual f l rst- t imo lnvcnt lonc and. one-of-a-klnd

ld,cag have sprcad wor ld wlde wlthout ouch Texas brag to claln the honor

uat l l t rowr Tbc Texas t rcnd, got ters hal l f ron aLl ovcr thc stato ln thc

most unl lkcly placco and f 'ar fotched. waye of t1fo, whother 1n tho narkot

p laoo or ln po l l t l cs .

Thc Tcras powerful pol l t lcal sccnc on the natJonal Level began 1m-

ncd, latcly wlth statohood. in 1845 when nowly eLectcd. senator Thcnas Jef-

fersoa Rusk boca.oc naJor l ty whlp of tbe U.S. Scnatc. Tho reeul t lng cx-

pandlng Texae base for nat lonal pol l t lcs has bccn a runnlng footbal ] ga

cvcx glaco. Tbe back-hone Texas wcal tby pol l t lcal boss uscs clout to so

f tFavor l t c .gongn to oJ-eD.C. , sucb as Jsmes.Nancc Garner who was tho f l rs t

nao cvsr to scrvc both as speaker of the U.S. I lousc of Rcpresentat lves a

thon la ter as v lcc-pros ident o f the Unl ted Sta tes . A l l o f theso Tcxas

pol l t loal plonecrs opcncd the way for LBJ and John Connal ly, not to men

thc currcnt Tcran succosscs of the revi tal lzed Republ lcan Party wl th Ge

Busb runalng hls Tcranlzcd pol l t lcal lnter ferencc 1n t ruc Toxas t rad. l t lon

Tcras bas always been thc westward d,rcan,personl f lcd, muoh norc tba



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the ocre nyth or logcnd of a baokward water lng holo that ls 1n actuaLl ty

nld-cont lncnt and. nld-polnt geographlcal ly of tho wbole westcrn h,omlsph

Gul f Coast Tcxas 1s now d,ubbod hc nTblrd Coastn area of thc Ual ted, Stat

w l th a scnt - t rop lca l l ush c l l na tc . More var le t l es o f vegeta t lon grow on

Tcxas so1} than anywhore else 1n tbo wh,olo wor ld,r Be lf thc natural or lg

lnal bounty sct the porfcct erample for thc set t l lng hu.oaaklnd to prol l -

fo ra te l l kewlsc . Thc Big Th lckc t Nat lonaI Wl ldernoss Prcscrve ra rc orch

at tes t to tbesc f lo ra l dcmograph lcs . And the Texas c l t rus f ru l t va l l cy

grows tbc best plnk grapofrul t ln tho worLd, blgger than al l legcnds of

courgcoTcran lcgcnds f lour leh f lanbouyant ly al l ovcr the TeJas landscapc

and havc donc so f ron the car l " lest or ig lng bcoausc of thc OLd South cav

11cr too ts . Front lor sot t lors 1n Texae cr tcnded thc lndJv ldua l fan1 ly

t los tbrough tho r t l .ast son syn<l tonen of hlgh soclcty or tho old f l f th so

Iegacy of Engl tsh. nobl l1ty to col ,onlal Araor lca. Thc youngest monber of

a prornlnont fa.nl ly usual ly had no real econonlc proopocts to lnher l t fan

wcal th or t l t lo so thusly had to go Wcst: Tcras provlded that arena for

Iuropcans as wol l as for tbc Southcrn ar lstocxaoy and old yankec Aner loa

Relat lves and fr lends t raneplanted lnto f ront lcr Teras kcpt close t les

back ho.oevla the stagc coacb ano. ho poet haste Wel ls Fargo d.el1vcred

let tor , suoh as BenJan ln Frankl ln fs grandson of tho Bache l l ne con lng to

wl ldorncss Toxag plus tho 011ver Wcndel l Holncs klnfolk to thls far TcJa

couatry. From. hosc plonocr klnsracn sprang the bat t le cry of the Alamo

tbat was thcn beard so wol l by tbo powcr el l te of tbo Unl tod States 1n

L8)6. Tbc Toras Alano was thc four tconth nost decislvo bat t le ln the

bistory of tbc wot ld. . AaO tnat Teras freodon cal l was prcclalned loud, Iy



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I lke a proud, slogan for opportunl ty; that Texan cal l opened tbe whole

western Ual ted States terr i tory to land.grant set t leoent l lke a nolsy can

palgn wlth Madison Avenue savvy as the far cry was heard. on a wor ld,-wldc

scaIc .

Torans have thus nev6r been very far reooved, cut-of f or out of tou

froro the trend-get t lng olvl . l lzed wor ldg and the wor ld, has always l lstened

wh,ena Tersn epeaks. Tsnas ld no &oxe baokwater lsolat lon than tlny En

Iaad bas been lnsular to uor ld lnf luence. Front ler Texans even helped 1

f luence acceptanoo of the nat lonal bol lday known as Thanksglvlng Day; th

Honey Grove, Teras ploneer qaglst rate Urbane Alexand,er and.hts wl fe Mar

Drennan or lglnal ly caoe f rom Spr ingf leld, I l l lnols both personal ly kn

Abe L lnco ln . Inpor tan t re la t l vee f ron I111no1s soon v l s l ted , 1n the land

graat log cabln hoarestead of Urbane Alexand.er 1n nor th-central East Tex

The young klnsnan sdlal Stevenson vlsl ted hls Aunt Mary Drennan Alexand.

when tb,e Ter lans eelebrated the Teran Thanksglvlng Day on the f l rst Thu

d,ay 1n Decenber (Texag began 1ts custon 1n 1849, always on the f l rst Th

day ln Dece.ober) . The youthful nephew Adlal who later becane vlce-pres1

dent of the Unl ted States carr led the fasclnat lng nevrs of the unlque Tu

Day fes t l v .a l back hone. The persona l f r lendshlp to the fe l low f l rs t c l t

zen of Spr lngf leld, I l l laols and oooupant of the Whlte House resul ted ln

tbe suggest lon for the Unl ted. States to enact Thanksglvlng as a federaL

bo l lday oa October 3 , f863 - - espec la l l y when the ldea was aLso pet l t lone

by Sarab Eale of Phlladelphla.

And yet another nat looal hol lday had lts or lglns 1n Texas ln 1918

also because of the descend,ants of the Urbane Alexand.er hel rs; Arnlst lce

Day or Veterans Day was founded by lovlng Texan fr lend.s to honor Bruce



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Wll l lans of Connorcc, Teras who was 'bho f l rst U.S. soldier doughboy to

d1e 1n Wor ld Vfar I a t Bres t , F ranco, The very f l rs t Amer lgan Leg ion Po

l lu-obcr I was organized ln l i t t le Com.orercoo commcmoratenthc war to end

al . l wars.n Thc fami ly f r l cnds o f Bruco Wl lL lans cc lebra ted that f l rs t

hol lday ln 1918 bcfore tbo rest of tho Unl tod, States and the wor ld of-

f lc lal ly fol lowed sul t 1n 1919 (nontst toc Day was re-namod Veterans Day

tn L9511'- Tbc fest lve t lmos and happy roood celebrat ions camc years latc

to t lckle the fancy of o1d and new Texans al lkc.

No feat lvo cclsbrat lon can bo coopleto wl thout a band, , paradc and,

the dr l l l tearos or checr load.ers wlth baton twlr l ing. Dr111 tca.ns, cheerleaders w l th baton twl r l l rgrbogan at Grocnvl l l c in nor th -ccn t ra l Eas t

Tcras , Juat f l f t ccn n l l cs f roro the ln f lucn t la l or lg lns 'of thc two f cd ,c ra

hol ldaye. Tbc Grecnvl l lc banncr-cal l s logan i lof - thc-blaokcst- landt t pro-

duccd tb.c greatoet whl tc-way glr l wavc on New York Cl ty Broadway wl tb

baton twl t l lng Rangeret tes. Tbc Teran fantasy soon becane cveryoncrs

rcal l ty. The trcxt Tcxas er tenslon or adaptat lon of the Crcenvl l le chcor

leaders ba ton tw l r l c rs Jus t na tura l l y ' carnc f ron th l s sanc East Teras

Iooale whcn the f l rst nat lonal pro- footbal l checr lead.ers ldea simply had

to or lg loa tc w l th thc Da l las Cowboys eam. Svcry naJor ba l l c lub ln tho

oountry thcn had to ape the lnnovat lon, a fur ther er tcndlng of tho Teran

trcnd oskcrsr nat lonal lnf lucncc from thc wcstward drca.o factory cal led

Tcrag. Thc added fun ano gancs of footbal l a lso rosul ted ln anothcr

or lglnal broadcast ing phcnoroenon s heralded by Gord,onMoClendon wl th th

eports gatn'os olng radlo slno-cast as a regular wcckly progran on tbe

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Televlsion broadcast lng dld not remain unchanged by the Teran ln-

novat lvo know-how splr l t . Publ ic od,ucat ional TV or fnS'U'egan wl th

Chanacl I KUHT-fiI owned by tbe Unlvorsity of Houston. The rcst of thc

country soon fol lowcd thc oxamplo sot by the Toxas educatorg,

Educat lon has aleo not renalncd untouchod by lnvont lvc Teran handg

The fornula for deterninlng the dal ly cost to ed.ucate a studont 1s know

as nl" l t t lc ADAn or Average Dal ly At tend.ancc. n overy school system acro

Aner loa. Thls forsiula Ll t t lo ADA syston. was devclopod, by Dr. H.W. St l l lw

of Tcralkana, Texas scbools to doternlno da1ly f lgr . r ros to bi l l the fedor

governocnt for an lnf lur of goldicrst fa&l l les wl th chl ldrcn at the Red

Rlvcr Arny Arscnal dur lng trVor ldWar II ; and thc blggest of al l fcdcral

arscnal rnunl t lone dcpot ncat Texarkana roprcsente yct another Tcxan oo[-

t r lbut lon to kccp the oountry as wcl I as the wor ld, arncd. for t rsafcty. r f

Tcrarkana bolds scvcral otber nat lonal and,wor ld-wlde her l tago gl f ts

Thc Terar .kana Conccr t Associat lon is thc old,est organlzed audloncc for

thc pcr fornlng arts 1n thc whole Unl ted Statcs of Araor loa. The twin sta

ci ty nanc 1s aa aoagran logo taken ln 18?3 fron a stcanboat that sank

aearby ; the f la t bot tom r l . verboat had ln turn taken l t s namc ln l t la [y

f roo the four surroundlag states: Texas, Arkaneas, Oklahona and Loutslan

to coln t lre noulr Texarkana that soon bocame hc t radc capl tal for thc o"

Ark- la-Tcx arca. Texatkana 1s also the chl tdhood. homo of Soott Jopl ia

wbosc rag t lnc nuslc l tsel f grew out of the unlquc local fast-beat West

stylo eul lc. Tcrarkana algo gavc 1ts own spcclal f lavorod . l last Texas

nuslcal vcrslon that soon bccane known al l ovcr thc wor ld as Boogic-Woo

Blucs (1890 to 1930 era) . And, he Jl t terbug d.ancestep a l so or lg ina tod ,



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froo the fast paced .Sast Texas country western nuslc. Thus, the d.ancer

or lg lnated tbe Texanl zed vernaoular , r r l ,et s boogle. ?l

Anotber Texan or iglaal occurred 1n Texarkana. The f l rst I 'ed.eral

Houslrg Author l ty or tr ' I IAprogran to f tnance systernat lc home tract bul ldtn

fo r a l l U,S. c l t l zet rs began in th l ssne Teras border town wl th 142 node

bones. The forerunner prototype cf the t ' ract house wag 1n the Susser

Dowas subdlvls lon in Terarkana, U.S,A. Thls t ract hone federal bu1ld1ng

craz€ consequent ly got l ts or lglnal star t or nat lonal bl r th f ron lunber

baron Arthur Tenple ladustr les, then beadquartered 1n Texarkana ae the

Southern Plne Coopany. Ttre flrst blood bank 1n the world also had. tts

hr.r.obl-e eglanlngs from Texarkanlan J.K, V{adley whose grandson bad Leuke

aad thug needed blood transfugtons on a rogular baglg. The lumber magn

Wadley oreated for hu-nanl ty a blood banklng systen not unl lke the federa

nonetary systeo wl th l ts deposl t and wJthd.rawaIs. The or lglnal Toxarkan

area Wadley Blood Bank recent ly was renaned the Four Statee Blood, Cente

whl le the lTad ley Research fnst l tu te and Blood Center a t Bay lor 1n Da11a

cont lnues using the famed, t ladley name innovat lcn as part of the of f lo lal

l dent l t y .

Today, the Texan vers lon or log lca l conc lus jon of the b lood bank co

cept bas been erpanded wor ld-wlde agaln by the demand or heart t ransplan

and, other hr.loanbody parts. The Human Donor Bank or the Organ Dcnor Llv

Bank of the Houston Medloal Center grew out of the local fexarkana home

town concept . And now tbe South Texas Houston Organ Dcnor Llv lng Bank

coordlnates wor ld-w1de hu.man ransplants based on the sae.enedlcal blood

bank systen lnl t lated by J.K. VYadleywho generously gave a dal ly l l fe l1

to raany now Texanized pe6plets heal tb on an lnternat lonal bagl"s.



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Pbyslcal beal th 1s not the only area of tectrnlcal orper t tsc acclaln

by South Texans. The fancd break-away netal poles on the super hlghway

or f recway systerns uere devoloped by Texas A. & M. Aggles as thc Tcxas

way to nlnlnlzo l1fe and death cxpress }ane t raf f lc nlshaps. The f l rst

c l ty express bus l1ne 1n tbe Unl ted. States openod tn L925 on the downto

s t rec ts o f Houston to connect the fn terurban ra l l serv l ce to Ga lves ton .

Ga lves ton , Texas also gave the wor ld the f l rs t ho t and co ld water fauce

The old Blshoprs Palaco was thc f l rst home ln the wor ld to hsve nodern

runn lng water sp lgo ts des lgnated w i th the go ld faucet on the lof t for h

and the sl lver r ight handed faucet for cold. -- wor ld over t row cveryboknows hot tu rns f ron the le f t and cold ls r jght , thus , a very subt l c Tc

an lzed proccss upon the p lanc t . Thc Galves ton Tcxan leaders a lso oreutc

tho f l rs t c t ty ssrnmlss lon cr type o f govcrnmcnt 1n 1901 as an honost a l te

nato to the old wardon systcn then ln coornonusc. Anoth,er f l rst t rend,

devc lopcd 1n th i s . Texae Is land cl ty as a resul t f ron the 1900 Galves ton

Flood catastroph,e whlch prompted lnvsntor Thonas A. Edlson pcrsonal ly to

use hls new fangled, nachlne to take novlng plctures of tho greatest natu

d lsas ter cver recordcd and, thue, 1n i t l a l l y began the ncwarce l fo r por -

sonal enl lghtoent or v lsuaL cnter tainment.

Tho enter tainnent wor ld. has certalnl -y fel t the lopact of Texang.

Nunerous Texans have becone novlo stars and groat athletes 1n the sports

wor ld, . Tho Houston sports astrodone was the f l rst covercd stadJun buj l t

on the grandc sca le o f the anc ien t RcrnanCol l1seum, for af ter -a l l Texan

are the nodern equlvalent or new verslon of the wor ld quest ing Romansof

Rhodes wl th hav ing the b lggest and the best of every th ing poss lb le . Th



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doned stadlu.o, , bei .ng air -condj t ioned, contalns the blggest or longest

I lquor bar 1n the wor1d. to f i l , l the top b1l l1ng of Texas brag having tho

blggest and, thE best of everythlng. And no f,un event could bc cnJoyed

anywbcre wl thout the corn chlp or Fr l tos, f l rst produced, tn I9)2 by Elne

Doo l1n of San Anton lo f ron h ls nother fs k l t chen on Rooseve lt Avenue. T

coro ch lp Fr l tos werc a log lca l add i t i on to the l lbera l usc of the fame

Tcras chtL l wh lcb a lso or ig inated ln San Anton io way back 1n the ear l y

f8 / '0 ts as a bas lc food preservat lve techn iquc ln a hot c l lmatc.

Evcn the al l - t i roo favor l te food of Aner lca, the hamburger, had l ts

or lglns ln decp East Texas at the drug store counter ln Athens whorc thcactual lnnovatlon of a nlr of han and, bccf ncat paddy on a bun was takcn

to the Chlcago Wor ldrs Fa l r 1n 1893, Scvera l o ther p lacee t ry to c la ln

thc or1g1n of the ha.oburger , bu t thc l r beg lnn lng da tes fa l I wc l1 a f te r t

L89t Wor ldts Fa l r whcre the ldca had f l r s t been t r led-out by East Texan

for nat lona l pub l1c acoeptancc . The ch ickon f r l od s teak ls another orJg

lna1 Tcras ct lsh, not , to nent lon tbc hot Ter-rnox foods: taco and faJl tag.

But food, ls not the on ly Tcxan exper t l se on the ln ternat lona l sccno. S

6arry rolnor lnventlons by Texang nako everyday 1lfe easler and better tba

tbe wor ld-wld,e ussrs never thlnk or evcn real lze who actual ly or lglnated

tbe convcnienceg, such as the Tcxas lnvcoted casy yard care weod,-eater o

tbe Texan dcvcloped fal rway-r lding gol f car t -- al l bclng an everyday ba

saving good ldea frou the land of Texana.

SoveraL good ldeas even f l r s t o r ig ina ted ln Tcxae but noved away J

before tbe nat lonal acclal "o carne. Thus, Gayle Bordcn dal ly hone del lvery

of nl lk 1n glass bot t les began on Galveston Island but noved to At lanta,

Georg la Jus t be fore the ioncept then la ter spread al l over the U,S. An

Kel logg packaged cereal 1nl t la l ly began 1n t lest Texas wl th a town naned



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for the break fas t dcvo loper before nov ing to Mlch igan to so l l h l s produ

on a wor ld-wlde sca len

Tcrans have always co&e to the rescue when the rest of the wor ld n

a bet ter ld,ca or a rrnewcr nousetrapt t accordlng tc the pxoverbial grapcv

Thc wlnc lndustry 1n I r rancc was cvon savcd 1n 1880 by Dcnton, Texas farn

Musson. The Toras nusiang root cut t lngs kept d. lsease ln Europe from 6e

st roy lng thc renaln lng top s lde of the v ln tage v lncs . AlL Frcnch w lnc

I l tEral ly has Tcrae roots as 1te base l1ne. Ancther Texan also enbel l ls

grand,e old, Europc. The faned El lsabot Ncy, tho sculptress of SamHoust

and Stepbcn F , Aus t ln s ta tuary in Wash ing tcn l D.C,1 d id sotncc lass ioeculpturca 1n the famed Bavarlan falry-land Hohcnschwanguaand Ncuschwa

stc ln ronant lo a ty l cd oaet l cc tha t look l1ke an ornatc 'd l sp lay of roya l

faccd p lay lng cardg.

Evcn the corfitrongatne of cards has nct re&alncd unoffcoted by Texan

Thc 5-card, stud, or Tcxas Polcer had i ts or lglns ln the far reaches of the

olo laad of TcJas as any fun lovlng Texan would qulckly polnt-out by us

the cot t lqroo exas 11ngo crpresslorrsc Thc coinlng of Tcranlsed vocabulary

words also has qadc a l lngu ls t l c add l t l on to the Eng l l sh language d .1c t1

aary baok 1n 1870. The te l I - taLe term f rnaver l ck f t resu l ted because of th

oneroug pract lces by rrTexlanrror iginat ,or Samucl A. Maver lck. The oorc

receat vernacular Tcran usagc has becooc nat lonal ly aoocptod donain wlth

the personal ly fanl l lar cal l of t ryfal l co&orf whlch ls heatd, al l over the

wor ld ag wol l as in Toxaso

Tcrans have aLso probed, most places on earth to leave the Texas na

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op ing the Mld-Eastern hot deser t o i l empl res pet ro lor .u f l e lds and then

helped bul ld the Alaska f rozen tundra plpeland. But Texans have venture

far ther than any other huroanspecles ln recorded, hlstory -- ventur ing

boldly lnto outer spacef for a Texan has becone the man on the &oon lnag

Tbe NASAheadquarters ls appropr lat ,ely located, ln nat lve Texan ter-

r l tory. Tbe Houston space cl ty 1s where the galact lc explor lng astronau

l lve and are r lgbt ly cal led, Texans. The skyways are now an or lglnal futu

Teraa legacy ad,ded to the endless cowboy range brand,Ed, eross every part

of the A.oer lcan skyt And, he f l rst pr lvate space conpany SSf or Spacc S

v icesIncorpora ted . has

genu ineTexas noney back lng the venture . But nos

of al l good for tuae ls the bount i ful ear thly blesslng that the Texan kno

bow 1s fas t bc lng put to use at MaLagorda s land or Roct tcpor twl th t tp6[6

Donald K. Slayton ln charge of the space oompanyowned by Dav1d Hannah J

Wbere e lse bu t deep down ln Texas hear t l and can pr l va te enterpr l se go so

far l Teras 1s thus a nlcxocostr tc the worLd as the center of the Spacc

ABer a new wlndow to tbc unlverse. Texans are not Just ln the center of

tb ings as usua l bu t are busy go iag there, f l rs t r Bs a lways . Th ls one-o f

klnd Teran lndlvldual l ty has taken the whole splr l t of rnanklnd lnto the

stars l l teral ly for the very f l rst t lno, natu.ral ly. The starry nlght wo

wlde ls thusly l1t -up and ful t of the evldence of Tcxanlzcd technology"

The quest for technology br ings nost newco&ers to Texas todayr €ap-

cc la l l y the nag lc Job spe} l o f Houston wh lch 1s the modern lndust r ta l ca

tal of the wor ld, , Texas is the axls of the Third Industr ial Revolut lon

known as electroalcs. Tbe computer chlp was lnvented at Texas fnstrunent

1n the sl l lcon pral r te of Dal las and aorchward to Plano. fexag sec&g

forelgn and very dl f ferer i t tc the newly arr tv ing Texan. And. or very go

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There ls no plaoe else l1lce Texas ln the wor ld. . Texans have lronop

ol lzed, the oarki , t on fam.ousarchetypes or role nodel stereotypes such as

tho space cadet astronaul ts now belng add,ed o the Texas Chic cowboy l rna

and the lnfamous oi lman mythology. Alnost every klnd of indlvjduaUty o

personal l ty has room to thr lve along the great expanses of the Texas bor

ders , a b lg land fu l t o f t rue charac ter cont ras ts .

Al l Terans show thelr dlversi ty sooner or lator , whatever thel r eth

orlglas. The Tex-mex language proudly dlsplays lts own grarunar and Texa

un ique l l terature tha t l s gradua l l y spread ing l t s l lnguls t1o ln f luence

outslde the conf lnes of Texas.And the Clvl l War Negro Emancipat lon Pro

roat lon belated f reedom word f lnal ly reached, the Black Texans at Galvesto

Bay on June 19, 1865, The f roed Texan g lavos lnmedla te l y lnst l tu tod the

own spec la l annua l Jub l lee 1n oppos l t l on to the wh l te fo l ks t Confedera t

Meoor lal Day that 1s st l l l conmencrated, . fhls ear ly Junetoentb Day Neg

t radl t lon has cont j .nued each June 19 to glve 1ts un lque f reedcm celebrat

a famoug lavlsh Black Texan fest lvaL appeal now observed Jolnt ly by al l

races o f Texas c i t i zens tod ,ay .

The perecnal dlversl ty of f reed,o.owl thln the Texan hunan splr l t en

ab les a bound less wor ld o f pr lvate ld ,eas to grow into a vast weal th of

lndlvldual accompl lshnents or new lnvent ions known as Texana, a col lect lv

breed cf t rend,y or lg ina tors . The Texas can-do spl r l t b reeds c rea t j v i t y

or lngenu l t y to lmprove the prac t t ca l everyday needs. Thus, the qua l l t y

of dal ly l1fe everywhere 1n the wcr ld today has l ts or lglnal . roots soo€

where deep 1n the hear t o f lnvent l ve and product i ve Texans.

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