Not Valkyrie-Related - Just Texas-Related

[Disco]

Feeling Down?
Pep, Texas 79353
Smiley, Texas 78159
Paradise, Texas 76073
Rainbow, Texas 76077
Sweet Home, Texas 77987
Comfort, Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the Sun?
Sun City, Texas 78628
Sunrise, Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray, Texas 79086
Sunny Side, Texas 77423

Want something to eat?
Bacon, Texas 76301
Noodle, Texas 79536
Oatmeal, Texas 78605
Turkey, Texas 79261
Trout, Texas 75789
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice, Texas 75155
Pearland, Texas 77581
Orange, Texas 77630
Catfish, Texas
Cheeseland, Texas
Coke, Texas
Ding-Dong, Texas
Grit, Texas
Java, Texas
Pancake, Texas
Raisin, Texas
And top it off with:
Sweetwater, Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all.
Detroit, Texas 75436
Cleveland, Texas 75436
Colorado City, Texas 79512
Denver City, Texas 79323
Klondike, Texas 75448
Nevada, Texas 75173
Memphis, Texas 79245
Miami, Texas 79059
Boston, Texas 75570
Santa Fe, Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861
Reno, Texas 75462
Pasadena, Texas 77506
Columbus, Texas 78934
Albuquerque, Texas
Buffalo, Texas
Illinois Bend, Texas
Oakland, Texas
San Diego, Texas
Iowa Colony, Texas

Feel like traveling outside the country?
Athens, Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China, Texas 77613
Egypt, Texas 77436
Ireland, Texas 76538
Italy, Texas 76538
Turkey, Texas 79261
London, Teas 76854
New London, Texas 75682
Paris, Texas 75460
Palestine, Texas 75801
Moscow, Texas
New Berlin, Texas
Dublin, Texas

No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse, Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet.
Earth, Texas 79031

We have a city named after our state.
Texas City, Texas 77590

Exhausted?
Energy, Texas 76452

Cold?
Blanket, Texas 76432
Winters, Texas 79567

Like to read about History?
Santa Anna, Texas
Goliad, Texas
Alamo, Texas
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Robert Lee, Texas

Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670

Want to go into outer space?
Venus, Texas 76084
Mars, Texas 79062
Saturn, Texas
Pluto, Texas

You guessed it. It's on the state line.
Texline, Texas 79087

For the kids...
Kermit, Texas 79745
Elmo, Texas 75118
Nemo, Texas 76070
Tarzan, Texas 79783
Winnie, Texas 77665
Sylvester, Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas to make you smile
Frognot, Texas 75424
Bigfoot, Texas 78005
Hogeye, Texas 75423
Cactus, Texas 79013
Notrees, Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest, Texas 76886
Kickapoo, Texas 75763
Dime Box, Texas 77853
Old Dime Box, Texas 77853
Telephone, Texas 75488
Telegraph, Texas 76883
Whiteface, Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079
Uncertain, Texas 75661

And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore, Texas 75662

And our favorites
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City, Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas
Muleshoe, Texas

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks in Texas
You may live in Texas if:
Someone in Lowe's offers you assistance and doesn't work there.
You've worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
You've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.
'Vacation' means anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend.
You measure distance in hours.
You know several people who've hit a deer more than 1 xs.
You install security lights on your house & garage, but leave both unlocked.
You carry jumper cables in your car & your wife knows how to use them.
The speed limit on the highway is 55 mph (You're going 80 & everybody's passing you.)
You find 60 degrees a little chilly.

Little known, interesting facts about Texas:
1. Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
2. Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
3. El Paso is closer to California than Dallas.
4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos, July 4, 1883.
5. Flagship Hotel in Galveston = only hotel in North America built over water.
6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman (first full-time coach at Rice U in Houston).
7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America.
8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America 's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
10. The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20,1969, was " Houston ," but the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island.
13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43' in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979.
14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.
15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.
18. Texas has had six capital cities:
Washington on the Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco, West Columbia, and Austin.
19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).
20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington monument.
21. The name "Texas" comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning friends.  
22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have 4 babies. They have one egg, which splits into 4, and they either have 4 males or 4 females.)
23. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.

Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie, Texas

1 Just one God.
2 Honor yer ma & pa.
3 No tellin' tales or gossipin'.
4 Git yourself to Sunday meetin'.
5 Put nothin' before God.
6 No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
7 No killin.'
8 Watch yer mouth.
9 Don't take what ain't yers.
10 Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.

[Daniel Meyer]

Sounds like a another "everywhere in Texas" city list...

[Mr.BubblesVRCCDS0008]

I'm not certain but I think you left out Uncertain, Tx.

[Disco]

Good Catch!  And funny, too.   Edit made.

[RainMaker]

More world cities
Moscow, TX
New Berlin, TX

More US Cities
Albuquerque, TX
Buffalo, TX
Illinois Bend, TX
Oakland, TX
San Diego, TX

More food
Catfish, TX
Cheeseland, TX
Coke, TX
Ding-dong, TX
Grit, TX
Java, TX
Pancake, TX
Raisin, TX

Other planets
Mercury, TX
Mars, TX
Saturn, TX
Pluto, TX

There used to be a Uranus, TX but it was renamed Frisco.

[Rocketman]

There used to be a Uranus, TX but it was renamed Frisco.

I must say, "Dave in Uranus" definitely gives a different connotation to the new DFW president's handle.

[HayHauler]

hahaha, does that kind of stuff happen after they get into office?

Hay 

[Disco]

Only in oval offices.   

BTW, I'm not the author of the list.  I'm just the cutter, paster, editor, and re-editor.  Author unknown.

[RainMaker]

There used to be a Uranus, TX but it was renamed Frisco.

I must say, "Dave in Uranus" definitely gives a different connotation to the new DFW president's handle.

I will NOT be posting any pictures to help describe that one......

[Lyn-Del]

What about Dublin, TX?

[Wanderer]

Only in oval offices.   

BTW, I'm not the author of the list.  I'm just the cutter, paster, editor, and re-editor.  Author unknown.

I figured Daniel wrote it? ~Jeff

[Disco]

What about Dublin, TX?

Another good catch!  Edit made.

[Old Geezer Richard]

 Hey Brother Dave in Frisco .....Thats amazing , I am just sitting here all  " TWITERPATED " and all WOMPIJAWED after reading all this amazing information ... what no pictures ?

[Super Santa]

Don't forget that hard to find place called 'Iowa Colony'.

[Disco]

... what no pictures ?

I have a few pics, but they are from the still unfinished first "Everywhere in Texas" project. 

Don't forget that hard to find place called 'Iowa Colony'.

Re-edit made.

[f-Stop]

The scary thing is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say...it fits me a little too good!

[Lyn-Del]

I live right next to Iowa Colony, so if we want pictures with the new list, I can get that one when I get home.

[Disco]

That would be great, but we still need to finish the first list.  According to the Everywhere in Texas page, we still need pictures from:
1. Alameda (2 to choose from - Alameda Creek is NNE of Corpus Christi, halfway to Victoria & Alameda Park is halfway between McAllen and Harlingen);
2. Beeville (SSE of San Antonio just east of I-37);
3. Benavides (WSW of Corpus Christi, halfway to Laredo);
4. Bulverde (N of San Antonio on 281);
6. Falls City (between San Antonio and Beeville);
7. Liberty Hill (Mapquest says we have 4 to choose from);
8. Live Oak (2 to choose from - one SE of San Angelo & one is a suburb in NE San Antonio);
9. Mill Creek (I believe Thalas'shaya and Rose tried to find this but the roads were too bad. I know where there is a street with the name if that will suffice.);
10. Monahans (10 - 15 miles WSW of Odessa on I-20);
11. Round Lake (I know Texas in big, but Mapquest lists 10 Round Lakes!);
12. Santa Rosa (5 or so miles NW of Harlingen), and;
13. Van Horn (way out west)

It looks like a route out of San Antonio could knock off (not in this order) Alameda Creek, Beeville, Benavides, Bulverde, Falls City, and Live Oak. 

A "down in the valley" loop could knock off Alameda Park and Santa Rosa.

I didn't take the time to figure the Liberty Hills or Round Lakes.

Who's gonna get Monahans and Van Horn?

[BnB Tom]

I would think some ambitious soul headed for Inzane could pick up Van Horn on their way  ???

[Lyn-Del]

Photo for Beeville submitted recently

[Daniel Meyer]

Yep, I have beeville from Lyn-Del...just haven't posted it yet.

(got to change the Officers pages too...Hey Wanderererererer? Got any really incriminating photos of our new prez and VP?)